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Anna Salai Police person arrested a 52-year-old antheral who befriended a household and allegedly cheated them of golden jewellery aft taking them retired connected the pretext of a photograph shoot.
Police said the complainant, Punithashri, 22, lives with her household astatine Karuda Azhwar Nagar successful Tiruvannamalai district. The accused Jagadish, who lived successful the information beneath her location with his woman and girl arsenic tenants, had developed a adjacent rapport with the family.
On June 16, 2025, Jagadish allegedly suggested that they question to Chennai for a photograph sprout and took Punithashri, her younger member and a 16-year-old miss with him successful a car. Punithashri had kept successful a enarthrosis container 2 golden bangles, a chain, a ringing and earrings weighing astir 16 sovereigns, on with 2 mobile phones and ₹1,000 successful cash.
Police said Jagadish took them to a covering store successful a commercialized analyzable astatine Royapettah and asked Punithashri and her member to effort connected caller apparel helium had selected successful the proceedings room. He took custody of the container containing the jewellery portion they went into the proceedings room. When they came out, Jagadish and the insignificant miss had fled with the bag.
Based connected Punithashri’s complaint, the Crime Wing of Anna Salai Police Station registered a cheating lawsuit and began an investigation. On investigation, the constabulary arrested Jagadish, a autochthonal of Coimbatore district, connected Wednesday. Police besides questioned the 16-year-old miss connected to the lawsuit and recovered the stolen jewellery, including bangles, a chain, earrings and a ringing weighing 16 sovereigns.
Investigations revealed that Jagadish and the insignificant had allegedly utilized a akin modus operandi successful areas specified arsenic Shastri Nagar and Velachery, befriending families, gaining their spot and cheating them of golden jewellery and mobile phones, which they aboriginal sold.
Jagadees was produced earlier a tribunal and remanded successful judicial custody. The insignificant miss was produced earlier the Juvenile Justice Board and lodged successful a Government Observation Home.
