CHENNAI: The sensational robbery case in T. Nagar here early this month in which an armed gang robbed two employees of Pothys textile showroom of Rs.81 lakh has been solved with the arrest of ten accused persons. Part of the cash and some gold jewellery were seized.
Most of the suspects were claimed to be associates of Manalmedu Sankar, an alleged gangster who was shot dead in an encounter with the police in 2007.
Commissioner of Police (in-charge) Sanjay Arora said the tip-off came from the Organised Crime Intelligence Unit of the State intelligence. Special teams formed to crack the case did methodical work leading to the arrest of the suspects. “It was days of painstaking investigation by a number of police personnel that led to the detection of the case. The breakthrough came when we got information that the suspects under cover in a town had bought a four-wheeler. Police carried out a search of the entire town to locate the vehicle,” he said.
Investigators recovered cash, gold jewellery and some vehicles worth about Rs.36 lakh. Of the 13 persons involved in the robbery, ten were arrested and efforts were on to apprehend the other three persons.
“Ten suspects who came on five motorcycles committed the robbery. They were monitoring the movement of cash from Pothys to the bank for a couple of days. After committing the crime, they split into teams and went to different places.”
‘Kovai' Praveen, Illakiaraj and two others belonging to Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts were professional criminals.
“The other six suspects were also involved in various crimes over the years. They met while they were in prison and conspired to commit major offences,” he said.
Asked whether the gang had planned to commit any crime with the robbed money, Mr.Arora said the matter was under investigation.
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