Kingpin Yellayyamma has 29 criminal cases against her, say police
The crime wing of the city police arrested 10 persons, including a woman, who is said to be the kingpin, for allegedly stealing 250 tonnes of manganese ore from a yard belonging to the Visakhapatnam Port Trust here on Tuesday. The stolen ore is said to be worth around 35 lakh.
According to Deputy Commissioner of police (Crime) V. Suresh Babu, the case was taken up after Synergy Shipping Private limited had lodged a complaint on September 24 stating that 250 tonnes of manganese ore was missing from the stockpile.
The main kingpin have been identified as Challapalli Yellayyamma (38) wife of Appanna, a resident of Kobbarithota. ACP (Crime) Ch. Penta Rao, who led a 15-member team to crack the case, said that Yellayyamma has around 29 criminal cases pending and she is a habitual offender and have committed several such thefts of cargoes from the VPT yards, in the past.
Abhijeet Ferro Alloys had imported around 3,645 tonnes of manganese ore on June 26, and had appointed Synergy shipping to handle the cargo. The shipping company had appointed Ravus Security and Housekeeping Agents to provide security at L-17 yard of VPT, where the cargo was stocked.
After moving the cargo from the yard to the factory, when the final stock taking was done by Abhijeet Ferro Alloys, it was found that 250 tonnes of ore was missing from the leftover stock of 695 tonnes.
“A complaint was filed and we took up the case. Based on CC TV...
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