Ex-Telangana home guard working as bike-taxi driver in Andhra held in chain-snatching case

Image used for representational purposes only. A former home guard working as a bike-taxi driver has been arrested in chain-snatching cases in Anakapalli. | Photo Credit: YakobchukOlena

A former home guard with the Cyberabad police, who served a prison sentence for chain-snatching in Telangana, has been arrested in Andhra Pradesh on charges of snatching chains while working as a bike-taxi driver. The Anakapalli police arrested him on Tuesday (October 6, 2026), along with a woman who allegedly received and sold the gold ornaments.

The accused were identified as Mahender Singh, 40, a native of Rajasthan now living in Madhurawada, and M. Latha Ratnakar, 52, of Kommadi.

The police recovered around 4.5 tolas of gold jewellery linked to two chain-snatching cases reported in Anakapalli.