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The Cuddalore territory constabulary nabbed a pack of 4 connected Monday (October 6, 2025) evening, progressive successful the abduction of a 62-year-old antheral for ransom successful Thirupathiripuliyur connected September 29. Gold bars weighing 315 grams that were fixed arsenic ransom to the kidnappers were besides recovered.
Cuddalore Superintendent of Police S. Jeyakumar said the unfortunate Poovaraghavan, an worker successful a backstage institution was riding his two-wheeler to Chennai connected September 29. When helium was adjacent Tindivanam, his conveyance was intercepted by a bike-borne gang.
The pack overpowered Poovaraghavan and bundled him into a car. The kidnappers past called his lad Harish Keshav and asked for a ransom of ₹1 crore. Later successful the evening, Harish handed implicit golden bars weighing 315 grams to the pack members waiting astatine Kullanchavadi, pursuing which Poovaraghavan was fto off.
Plan hatched
Following a ailment lodged by the victim, a peculiar squad commenced investigations which revealed that Poovaraghavan had precocious sold his spot and bought golden bars with the wealth and kept it successful the information locker successful his house. The victim’s neighbour V. Ajith (24), who came to cognize astir the acquisition of golden bars, hatched a program and roped successful his friends to execute it.
When the pack kidnapped Poovaraghavan, Ajith went to the former’s location and convinced him to manus implicit the golden bars arsenic ransom to the pack to rescue his father. The accused person been identified arsenic Ajith, Sathish Kumar (40), Vinoth Raj (34), and Renuka (40).
The constabulary recovered 315 grams of golden bars, an SUV and 3 mobile phones from the accused. A hunt has been launched to nab Vijay Krishna who is astatine large. Further investigations are on.
