Coimbatore: The Thudiyalur police are on the lookout for two people, who posed as city corporation officials and stole 27.75 sovereigns of gold ornaments from a house at Thudiyalur.The incident, which happened last month, came to light only recently, police sources said. “The duo had visited the house of 84-year-old P Kannaiyan on December 12 introducing themselves as Divakar and Sudhakar, sanitary inspectors of the city municipal corporation. They told Kannaiyan that they wanted to check the water tank for mosquito larvae. Kannaiyan took one of them to the open terrace of the house. Meanwhile, the other man entered the house, opened a steel bureau and stole 27.75 sovereigns of gold ornaments. Kannaiyan had left the keys on the bureau,” a police officer said.Kannaiyan, who checked the bureau on January 16, found the ornaments missing. He lodged a complaint with Thudiyalur police.A similar incident was reported a few months ago from Saibaba Colony, the officer said.Police have formed a special team to nab the culprits.

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