More snatching, attention diversion cases reported

Trichy | Tuesday | 11th September, 2018

Summary:

When Jaganathan shifted his attention, the thief lifted Rs 10,000 from his shirt pocket and left.This is the third case of attention diversion in under a week in the city. Trichy: The city police received a complaint of chain snatching from a 45-year-old woman in Srirangam on Monday, in an incident which took place a month back. Though the incident took place nearly a month back, the woman filed a complaint yesterday only after her husband, who was away on work in another district, returned. On September 6, a 65-year-old woman from Gorimedu was conned by two people posing as policemen.On September 3, a 58-year-old man was cheated of Rs 1 lakh near his house at KK Nagar in Trichy by two miscreants who distracted his attention by throwing some currency notes on the road. In another incident, a man was robbed after his attention was diverted in Trichy on Monday.B Vaidheki, 45 from Periyar Nagar in Thiruvanaikovil in Trichy city lodged a complaint with the Srirangam police on Monday alleging that her two sovereign gold chain was snatched by two unidentified men at Periyar Nagar 2nd street on August 16.She alleged that the men followed her on a motorcycle and thar the pillion rider snatched her chain..