Overview

• Police allege the gang posed as government enforcement officials to search a Vinayaka Nagar home on September 19 and seized about ₹1.5 crore and 50 grams of gold.
• Seven of eight suspected members have been detained in operations across Bengaluru and Andhra Pradesh, with one person still at large.
• Officers say custodial disclosures led to arrests in Sanjay Nagar, Cholarapalya, Srinagar, Ramamurthy Nagar, and Renukampalli in Andhra Pradesh.
• About ₹1.27 crore in cash and two cars were recovered, with money traced to locations in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Ranimakapalli village.
• The city police commissioner praised the investigation team and announced a cash reward, and police indicated a separate case over alleged misuse of a purported rights and anti-corruption group’s seals.