Hyderabad, April 20 --  Expressing concern over a spate of thefts in the Old City, the Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) has written a letter to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Director General of Police (DGP) Shivdhar Reddy and city Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar, demanding a thorough probe into what it called a possible "chor-police nexus" behind the rising incidents.

MBT spokesman Amjed Ullah Khan pointed to at least three major cases registered over the past few months, none of which, he alleged, have seen any significant headway. The most recent incident registered at the Charminar Police Station involves a woman, Shanaz Khadeer of Talabkatta, who lost gold ornaments worth Rs 6.5 lakh while shopping near Gulzar House. ...