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A habitual offender was arrested connected Friday (February 6, 2026) successful transportation with a burglary reported astatine the location of a erstwhile Army unit astatine Moolapalayam successful Erode.
According to the police, the complainant, Arulkumar (45), who is employed abroad, had informed that his his wife, Hema, locked the location earlier leaving for a relative’s residence successful Mettur successful Salem territory connected February 2. The location cardinal was near with a neighbour.
The incidental came to airy erstwhile a Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation (TNPDCL) unit subordinate visited the country for regular energy metre speechmaking and the neighbour opened the house. The doorway was recovered unsecured, and a consequent inspection revealed that the fastener of an almirah had been breached and that 11.5 sovereigns of golden jewellery were missing.
Based connected a complaint, constabulary examined the CCTV footage from the locality and identified the accused arsenic Naveen (32) of Akkarai Kodiveri adjacent Gobichettipalayam. Police said helium had travel to the neighbourhood for a coating occupation astatine a adjacent location and committed the burglary aft noticing that the location had remained locked for 2 consecutive days.
The Erode Taluk constabulary arrested Naveen and recovered the stolen jewellery. Officials said helium has much than 15 transgression cases pending against him astatine assorted constabulary stations successful the district.
