The Kanathur police on Saturday arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing from a luxury car parked in front of a farmhouse in Panaiyur Nainarkuppam along the East Coast Road last Wednesday. The police also recovered ₹45 lakh from them.
According to the police, the complainant, Fathima, 40, a businesswoman in Nainarkuppam, withdrew a huge amount in cash from her bank. She parked the vehicle in the front yard of her bungalow and went inside, leaving the cash in it. When she came back, she found the cash missing.
Suspects arrested
The glass panels of the car were broken. On her complaint, the Kanathur police perused footage from surveillance cameras.
A special team of the police apprehended Chiranjeevi, 32 — the son-in-law of a security guard who was working in the bungalow — and his associates, Velu, 34 and Jayakumar, 33.