Key member of inter-State robbery gang arrested

Chennai | Tuesday | 22nd May, 2018

Summary:

more-inThe city police claimed to have busted an inter-State gang involved in burglaries in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry, after arresting a key member of the gang in Puducherry. Probing a couple of house break-ins within its limits, the Anna Nagar police nabbed Kamalakannan and Gopal on May 10. During interrogation, they found that the duo was involved in over 17 burglaries in Anna Nagar and surrounding areas. Murugan and Dinakaran had been arrested by the Cyberabad Police in Telangang and the Bengaluru police for robberies, automobile thefts, and a temple theft in 2015. Following their confession, the police found out that N.

Murugan alias ‘Thiruvarur’ Murugan, 44, and Kovan alias V.

Dinakaran, 35, of Tirunelveli were part of the gang..