Police Cracks Nizam's Museum Theft Case, Arrests 2 History-Sheeters

The Hyderabad police on Tuesday cracked the Nizam Museum theft case with the arrest of two history-sheeters and recovered from them the priceless stolen antiques including a gold tiffin box inlaid with diamonds.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Mohammed Ghouse Pasha, 23, and his relative Mohammed Mubeen, 24, from Himayathsagar area of the city and recovered the stolen artefacts, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar told reporters.

These included a three-tier gold tiffin box studded with precious diamonds and rubies weighing about 1950 gm, a gold cup and saucer with precious stones, and a gold tea spoon belonging to the 7th Nizam Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur. The burglars had hidden these exhibits inside a pit near Rajendra Nagar, the officer said.

Kumar said Pasha is involved in 15 cases of theft and burglary, while Mubeen, a school drop-out, was deported from Saudi Arabia, where he was imprisoned for assaulting a Pakistani national, about four months back. Mubeen had gone to Saudi Arabia in search of livelihood.

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