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One of the 3 Uttar Pradesh natives, who the Coimbatore City Police arrested aft shooting them successful their legs connected Saturday for their engagement successful serial burglaries successful Kavundampalayam, died astatine the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) connected Sunday.
The deceased was identified arsenic I. Asif, 45, of Ghazipur successful Uttar Pradesh. Asif was admitted to the intensive attraction unit, but died without responding to attraction astir 11 a.m. connected Sunday, according to CMCH authorities.
A elder constabulary serviceman said reasons for his decease would beryllium known aft the post-mortem. His accomplices Kallu Arif, 60, and A. Irfan, 48, are undergoing attraction astatine the aforesaid hospital. A squad of the metropolis constabulary arrested the 3 men aft shooting them successful their close legs, beneath the knee, in B.K. Pudur near Kuniyamuthur. The constabulary claimed that they resorted to firing arsenic the arrested attacked a constable with a sickle during a bid to escape.
According to the police, Asif, Arif, and Irfan came to the metropolis connected November 27 connected the invitation of 2 men from Uttar Pradesh, who were engaged successful the door-to-door merchantability of utensils successful the city. They were staying on with 10 others from the aforesaid State astatine a rented location successful B.K. Pudur.
The 3 accused stayed with them and burgled 13 flats astatine the Tamil Nadu Housing Board analyzable successful Kavundampalayam, stealing 42 sovereigns of golden and 500 grams of metallic jewellery and around ₹1.5 lakh cash, connected Friday afternoon. They were traced to the B.K. Pudur location utilizing footage from surveillance cameras.
