According to Meerpet police station inspector N Ch Rangaswamy, the accused-- J Mahender Reddy-- was arrested yesterday and later released on bail granted by a local court.
Rangaswamy said that M Shiva Prasad, who returned from vacation found that someone was inside his house. He also noticed that the grill of a window had been removed.
"After entering the house, Prasad found that someone was inside the bathroom. He immediately called the police, who reached the spot and nabbed the intruder," Rangaswamy told PTI.
Reddy was attached to a Special Investigation Team that is probing the encounter, in which terror suspect Viqaruddin was killed.
Reddy has been booked under charges of house trespass and attem pt to commit theft, police said.
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