Cash and cellphone robbery in the city knows no nationality

CHENNAI:A 46-year-old Japanese woman, who had come to the city to learn the Vedas, will have many other lessons to remember. Personal safety being one of them. On Tuesday afternoon, while travelling in a MTC bus near Mylapore temple tank, she was robbed of her cash.

Yukhai Odo had come to the city last week to study the Vedas at a school in Chetpet. “She rented a flat at Mylapore. On Tuesday, she had gone to Chetpet and boarded MTC bus route number 29C and got off at Mylapore tank. It was only after she got off the bus when she realised that her purse was stolen from her bag,” said a police source.

The victim mentioned in her complaint that a woman was seated close to her on the bus, and was talking to her. Police suspect the woman on the bus to have taken the purse. “Since the bus was crowded the victim was not aware that she was pickpocketed. We have registered a complaint and investigations are on to trace the suspect,” said the investigation officer.

Meanwhile, in a snatching incident, a class 12 student was riding pillion with her father at Shanthi Nagar in Kolathur when two men snatched her mobile phone. Police said, S Reshma, was attending chartered accountancy classes. “On Tuesday evening, her father picked her up from her class and the duo was heading home. Two unidentified men on a motorbike, who were not wearing helmets, came close to them and snatched her phone and sped away,” said a police source.The mobile phone was worth `30,000. A case has been registered and further investigations are on.