Four of a family held for theft of 87 sovereigns from former DMK MP’s house in Thanjavur

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Police arrested 4 members of a household from Dharmapuri for allegedly breaking into the Thanjavur residence of erstwhile Nagapattinam MP and DMK functionary A.K.S. Vijayan and stealing 87 sovereigns of jewellery.

Mr. Vijayan, who has been elected thrice from the Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency and presently serves arsenic Tamil Nadu’s Special Representative successful Delhi arsenic good arsenic State caput of the DMK’s farmers’ wing, owns a location astatine Sekaran Nagar adjacent the caller autobus basal successful Thanjavur. His woman and girl were staying there.

According to the police, Mr. Vijayan’s woman Jothimani had near for their autochthonal colony of Sithamalli on with her girl connected November 28. When Mr. Vijayan and his household returned to the Thanjavur location connected December 1, they recovered the beforehand gross fastener broken. Inside, the alloy bureau successful a chamber had been forced unfastened and valuables were strewn around. Gold jewellery weighing 87 sovereigns was missing.

Following a complaint, the Tamil University Police formed six peculiar teams and examined CCTV footage from the area. The probe pointed to a household from Dharmapuri arsenic suspects.

Special teams traced and secured Mohammed Yousuf’s household members — Sadiq Badsha, 33; Moideen, 37; Ayesha Parveen, 30; and Fathima Rasool, 54 — each residents of Royal Nagar, Dharmapuri. Police said the 4 had confessed to committing the burglary. All 4 were arrested, and the stolen jewellery was recovered.

Published - December 07, 2025 05:48 p.m. IST

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