Gang of five held for stealing in supermarkets across T.N.

The Greater Chennai City Police apprehended a pack of 5 persons who stole from supermarkets crossed respective places successful the authorities nether the guise of purchasing goods.

Police said Anil Patnagarai, 36, manager of the Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam supermarket located connected 6th Avenue, Anna Nagar, lodged a ailment astatine the Anna Nagar Police Station stating that connected Monday, 2 women and 2 men came to the store pretending to bargain goods, placed items successful a handbasket and aboriginal near without purchasing anything.

On suspicion, erstwhile the CCTV footage was checked, it was recovered that the 2 women had concealed beverage powder, lipid packets and different market items taken successful the handbasket wrong their covering and near the store without paying. The complainant sought enactment against the 4 persons progressive successful the theft.

Similarly, Krishnakumar, 27, manager of the Kovai Pazhamudir Nilayam supermarket connected 3rd Avenue, Anna Nagar, filed a ailment stating that 2 women, on with 2 men, had travel to their subdivision and pretended to shop, placed market packets successful a basket, aft which the 2 women concealed the market packets wrong their covering and near the spot successful a car without purchasing anything.

Based connected these complaints, constabulary registered 2 theft cases and took up investigation. On probe and scrutiny of CCTV camera footage, constabulary arrested 2 women who person been identified arsenic Lakshmi alias Dhanalakshmi, 50, and Nagammal alias Nagu, 70, of Uthamapalayam, Cumbum, Theni district.

Further probe and searches led to the apprehension of the remaining accused progressive successful these cases namely- Murugan, 58 of Thirumangalam, Madurai district, Mutharsir, 40, Kona Vattam, Vellore territory and Karan Kumar, 25, Madurai district.

During interrogation, it was recovered that each 5 accused had been progressive successful stealing goods from supermarkets crossed Tamil Nadu for much than 10 years. For this purpose, they had stitched skirts with ample interior pockets. Recently, they had travel to Chennai, stayed astatine a lodge successful Vadapalani, and committed thefts astatine supermarkets successful Vadapalani, Anna Nagar and different areas. The stolen goods were sent to their autochthonal spot done question parcel services and sold, said police.