39-year-old who robbed rail passengers held
TNN | Mar 19, 2019, 04:55 ISTTirupur: The government railway police nabbed a 39-year-old man, who robbed passengers in trains passing through Coimbatore, Tirupur and Erode, in the city on Monday.
The arrested was identified as K Manikandan alias Ayyappan, of Sambavar Vadakarai at Tenkasi in Tirunelveli district.
A special team was formed by the Podanur government railway police after they received many complaints of train robberies, said a police officer.
Acting on a tip, the team searched Tirupur railway station and caught Manikandan. They recovered five sovereigns of gold, five mobile phones and a laptop from the accused, who confessed that he had robbed them from rail passengers. He was remanded in judicial custody and lodged at the Coimbatore Central Jail.
The arrested was identified as K Manikandan alias Ayyappan, of Sambavar Vadakarai at Tenkasi in Tirunelveli district.
A special team was formed by the Podanur government railway police after they received many complaints of train robberies, said a police officer.
Acting on a tip, the team searched Tirupur railway station and caught Manikandan. They recovered five sovereigns of gold, five mobile phones and a laptop from the accused, who confessed that he had robbed them from rail passengers. He was remanded in judicial custody and lodged at the Coimbatore Central Jail.
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