The accused collegians Ninavath Vinod Kumar, N Santosh, V Chandrasekhar, N Hanvma and school dropout G Sateesh were arrested, police said adding that their juvenile friend, too, has been apprehended.
The accused were involved in snatching high-value cellphones from female pedestrians in Banjara Hills area and also committed two-wheeler thefts, they said.
In May 2014, the accused had stolen a bike from Lower Tank Bund here. Thereafter, they also hatched a plan to kidnap a school boy for ransom in Amangal area in Mahabubnagar district of Telangana, police said.
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