Four fight over stolen property, three arrested

Coimbatore: The city police arrested three burglars on Thursday and recovered 48 sovereigns of gold ornaments, 3kg silver articles and US dollars from them.

Police said S Pugazhendhi, 21, a native of Chengalpattu, Tamilarasan, 21, of Viluppuram and Jobin, 29, of Malappuram in Kerala, along with Praveen Kannan, a native of Kerala, had broken into a house near Park Gate on Dr Nanjappa Road here in the early hours of Tuesday and made away with gold ornaments and silver articles.

The four, however, fought with each other over sharing the stolen property at Thennampalayam on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday night, when the Sulur police detained Pugazhendhi, Tamilarasan and Jobin.

A police officer said the four didn’t go to work and used to sleep on the roadside platform near Park Gate for the past few months. “They became close friends and noticed that 80-year-old G Jayalakshmi was residing alone in a house on Dr Nanjappa Road. When she went to her daughter’s house nearby, they broke into her house and stole the valuables. On Wednesday evening, they left for Tirupur by walk.”

When they neared Perumanallur, the officer said, the four fought with each other over the stolen property. “Pugazhendhi stabbed Tamilarasan on his chest and Jobin on his back with a knife, while Praveen Kannan escaped from the place. The villagers, who noticed the incident, alerted the police control room. Sulur police inspector Murugesan and team secured the trio, checked their bags and found gold, silver and the US dollars,” the officer said.

The three were handed over to the Race Course police, who arrested them, produced before a judicial magistrate and lodged them in jail under the judicial custody on Thursday.