Two Held for Stealing 4 Ventilators from Adilabad RIMS

The Adilabad district police solved the case related to theft of four ventilators from RIMS hospital in the district and arrested two persons belonging to an inter-state medical equipment theft network.

Stolen ventilators, mobile phones, Rs.1 lakh in cash and several other medical devices were recovered from the arrested persons.

Addressing a press conference on Saturday, district Superintendent of Police, Akhil Mahajan said two persons identified as Sajjan Basanth Mote and Abhijit, both residents of Chandrapur in Maharashtra, entered



RIMS Hospital on October 30, posing as medical technicians.

They stole four functional ventilators from the RICU and SAARI wards on the second floor of the hospital, where critically ill patients were receiving emergency treatment. The stolen equipment was subsequently transported to Maharashtra.

Later, the accused contacted Konda Reddy, a Hyderabad-based medical equipment sales and service dealer, to sell the stolen equipment. Despite knowing that the equipment was stolen, Konda Reddy agreed to purchase it and travelled to Chandrapur.