Hyderabad: Five persons, two of them brothers, were today arrested in connection with the theft of 4-kg gold and cash of Rs 25 lakh from a house in the Tadbund area here, police said. Theft of cash of about Rs 25 lakh and gold biscuits and ornaments weighing about 4-kg, amounting altogether to an estimated Rs 1.37 crore, was reported by one Ajay Harinath at the Bowenpally police station.

The complainant had said that the theft had taken place while he had been away along with his family members during November and December, 2014. Harinath had said that he suspected his driver and watchman to be behind the crime. Based on credible information, a police team early this morning raided the house of Harinath's driver Mohd Tahsin Ali and apprehended him along with his brother Mohd Mohsin Ali.