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A 39-year-old antheral was arrested by Ranipet SIPCOT constabulary astatine Agravaram colony adjacent Ranipet municipality connected Thursday for cutting a 70-year-old woman’s receptor to bargain her golden earrings.
Police said the arrested idiosyncratic was identified arsenic S. Vinod Kumar, a local. He was joined and was surviving with his woman and lad successful the aforesaid colony for galore years. As helium was incapable to find work, constabulary said that Kumar got addicted to liquor.
Initial enquiry revealed that the victim, M. Salammal, was surviving unsocial successful her house, with her children residing a fewer streets distant successful the aforesaid village. She goes to enactment nether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) strategy successful the village.
Police said Salammal was sleeping successful her location erstwhile Kumar tried to region her earrings, which measurement astir 0.25 grams. As she resisted his attempt, constabulary said that Kumar chopped her earlobes to bargain the golden ornaments. The incidental occurred astir 1 a.m.
As she cried retired successful pain, neighbours rushed to her location and recovered her successful a excavation of blood. Based connected an alert, Ranipet SIPCOT constabulary admitted her to the Government Medical College Hospital successful Vellore, and a lawsuit was registered.
Police said a peculiar squad collected basal details of the fishy from the victim, and analysed the CCTV footage from section TASMAC outlets. They recovered Kumar loitering adjacent a TASMAC outlet successful the village. Police nabbed him, and helium confessed that helium robbed the jewellery for money. Police recovered the mislaid earrings from him. He was lodged astatine Central Prison successful Vellore.
