The man fooled the driver and drove away with the vehicle. (Photo: India Today)

A man in Telangana stole a police vehicle in order to reach his ailing wife faster. The incident was reported from Suryapet district.

Tirupathi Lingaraju, 30, did not want to waste time and reach as fast as he could, so he decided to fool some police officers.

Lingaraju hatched a plan to fool the driver of the vehicle with a beacon light parked outside a mall and surprisingly, succeeded.

He allegedly told the gunner and driver present in the car that the CI had asked him to bring down the vehicle to the police station and drove away.

It was also revealed that the vehicle - TS 09PA 1568 - was allotted to Atmakur (S) police station but it was being used by the circle inspector of Suryapet rural police station for personal purposes.

District SP revealed that Inspector Praveen Kumar took the vehicle along with a driver and gunner to the mall where his gym was located.

The gunner and driver got to know the truth only after Inspector Praveen Kumar returned to the parking area.

Tirupathi Lingaraju was nabbed with four of his friends near a toll post in Khammam after few hours.

After a thorough investigation, the police found out that Lingaraju, a mentally unstable man, stole the vehicle to meet his ailing wife.

A case under Section 379 IPC was registered against Lingaraju, who was later sent to jail.

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