CHENNAI: In a tale straight out of the Wild West, two lawmen who were dependable for escorting criminals to courts from jail joined fingers with muggers to rob a jeweller of 300 sovereigns of gold worth Rs 1.11 crore in Sriperumbudur two weeks ago.
Constables Thamilarasan of Manampathy police station and Kathir attached to Thirukazhukundram station have now been despatched to jail along with Kathiravan, 25, Ranjith, 24, Marimuthu, 25, and Rahul, 24. Incidentally, Marimuthu had just cleared composed exam and bodily conditioning exam for sub-inspector collection.
The two policemen fell for the enticing tales of quick riches when they have been escorting Ranjith who hatched a plan alongside with other individuals to assault the jeweller on December 11.
The gang was tipped off by Santhosh, 26, an worker of the wholesale jewellery operate by Mahendar, 51, of Tiruvallur.
The gang arrived on two bikes, intercepted the automobile in which Mahendar, his son Ashish and workers Rajkumar were being getting 300 sovereigns to a goldsmith at Mambakkam in the vicinity of Sriperumbudur, and snatched it from them, explained deputy superintendent of police K Karthikeyan.
Primarily based on Mahendar’s criticism, distinctive teams of the Sriperumbudur police collected CCTV digital camera clippings from the neighborhood to zero in on the suspects based mostly on their bikes registration quantities.
Till Thursday, law enforcement have seized 350 grams of gold and Rs 8 lakh dollars from the accused. Police suspect involvement of other individuals in the theft and a hunt is on to nab them. Kancheepuram superintendent of law enforcement P Shanmugapriya said, “A police group is shaped to monitor and apprehend 4 extra suspects in the scenario.” Departmental action will before long be initiated in opposition to the two policemen, resources stated.
Constables Thamilarasan of Manampathy police station and Kathir attached to Thirukazhukundram station have now been despatched to jail along with Kathiravan, 25, Ranjith, 24, Marimuthu, 25, and Rahul, 24. Incidentally, Marimuthu had just cleared composed exam and bodily conditioning exam for sub-inspector collection.
The two policemen fell for the enticing tales of quick riches when they have been escorting Ranjith who hatched a plan alongside with other individuals to assault the jeweller on December 11.
The gang was tipped off by Santhosh, 26, an worker of the wholesale jewellery operate by Mahendar, 51, of Tiruvallur.
The gang arrived on two bikes, intercepted the automobile in which Mahendar, his son Ashish and workers Rajkumar were being getting 300 sovereigns to a goldsmith at Mambakkam in the vicinity of Sriperumbudur, and snatched it from them, explained deputy superintendent of police K Karthikeyan.
Primarily based on Mahendar’s criticism, distinctive teams of the Sriperumbudur police collected CCTV digital camera clippings from the neighborhood to zero in on the suspects based mostly on their bikes registration quantities.
Till Thursday, law enforcement have seized 350 grams of gold and Rs 8 lakh dollars from the accused. Police suspect involvement of other individuals in the theft and a hunt is on to nab them. Kancheepuram superintendent of law enforcement P Shanmugapriya said, “A police group is shaped to monitor and apprehend 4 extra suspects in the scenario.” Departmental action will before long be initiated in opposition to the two policemen, resources stated.