HYDERABAD: What seemed like a joy ride to four youngsters, ended up in them getting arrested on Saturday night. A criminal trespass case was registered after the four sped past the main gate into actor-producer
Mohan Babu’s farmhouse
at Jalpally, took a U-turn at the portico of the main building, zoomed out of the premises.
Police arrested four youngsters — Raghav Biradar, 30, private employee, K Anand, 24, student, Gowtam Rao, 23, car driver, and S Raju David, 22, grocery store worker, all residents of Durga Nagar in Mylardevpally, late on Saturday night.
Around 8.30 pm on Saturday, they trespassed into the Manchu Township farmhouse of the actor an Innova vehicle in
Pahadesharif
.
Alerted by security guard and other staff, the actor’s family immediately alerted police as they perceived the incident as a potential security threat. A criminal trespass case was registered. During preliminary probe, Pahadesharif police found out that the security guard of the compound had opened the main gate to allow a bike to leave the premises.
“There was a security guard manning the huge main gate of the compound. He had to open the gate completely to let the bike leave the premises. When the gate was open, an Innova suddenly entered the premises from outside. As it was raining, the security guard was holding an umbrella in one hand and tried to stop the Innova. As the vehicle did not stop, he gave a chase,” Pahadesharif inspector S Vishnu Vardhan Reddy said.
Even as the security guard was chasing the vehicle on foot, the Innova went till the main building and took a U-turn in front of the portico. They drove out of the premises quickly through the main gate, which remained open, the inspector said. Police verified CCTV camera footage at the farmhouse and identified the registration number of the Innova (AP 31 AN 0004). Six traffic challans were pending against the vehicle number, mostly for speeding.
Later in the night, police apprehended Raghav, Anand, Gowtam and David, residents of Durga Nagar, which is located a few kilometres away from the farmhouse.
“One of them is a college student and the rest are private workers. They did not know whose farmhouse they entered. They thought it is some kind of adventure to enter into the place which is frequented by film industry people,” the inspector said.
Police summoned the family members of the four youngsters. After counselling them, police arrested them. “We will produce them before the magistrate tomorrow,” the inspector said.