A cell phone handset of Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya was 'stolen' today from his house at Ramnagar here, police said.
According to a complaint lodged by the additional PA of Dattatreya, the cell phone was kept on charging in the visitor's room at his house at 8 AM. A large number of visitors were in the room to meet the minister and someone "stole" the mobile during that time, they said.
"Following the complaint, we have registered a case under section 380 (theft in dwelling house) of IPC and investigations are underway," Musheerabad Police Station Inpsector B Mohan Kumar told PTI.
It was a personal mobile phone of Dattatreya, one of his aide said.
