COIMBATORE: A three-member gang stabbed a 20-year-old college student to death after he refused to hand over his cellphone at Sulur on Saturday night.
D Tamilselvan of Sadayan Thottam in Nadu Arasur, a IIIrd year Mechanical Engineering student at the GRG College of Engineering and Technology at Kalapatti, was on the way home after completing project work, when the gang targeted him, police said. “He was passing through Nadu Arasur around 11.30pm when three men on two motorcycles tried to snatch his phone. When the boy raised an alarm, the miscreants stabbed him on his chest and fled from the place,” a police officer said.
A profusely bleeding Tamilselvan managed to reach his home and told his father about the incident. Though he was rushed to a nearby private hospital, doctors declared him brought dead.
The trio continued their crime spree and after 10 minutes, stabbed a 25-year-old man at Vasantha Nagar on Thennampalayam-Annur Road near Sulur.
Police identified the injured person as K Mahalingam of Vasantha Nagar, a labourer. “Mahalingam was returning to his home from his friend’s house on his moped when the gang waylaid him. The trio stabbed him, took away his moped and his phone. The man, who had suffered injuries on his hip, sought help from a motorist and gave chase in his car. The miscreant, who was riding the moped, abandoned the vehicle and ran away,” the officer added.
The Sulur police have registered two cases against the trio and have formed six special teams to nab them. Police are collecting CCTV footage from the area.
D Tamilselvan of Sadayan Thottam in Nadu Arasur, a IIIrd year Mechanical Engineering student at the GRG College of Engineering and Technology at Kalapatti, was on the way home after completing project work, when the gang targeted him, police said. “He was passing through Nadu Arasur around 11.30pm when three men on two motorcycles tried to snatch his phone. When the boy raised an alarm, the miscreants stabbed him on his chest and fled from the place,” a police officer said.
A profusely bleeding Tamilselvan managed to reach his home and told his father about the incident. Though he was rushed to a nearby private hospital, doctors declared him brought dead.
The trio continued their crime spree and after 10 minutes, stabbed a 25-year-old man at Vasantha Nagar on Thennampalayam-Annur Road near Sulur.
Police identified the injured person as K Mahalingam of Vasantha Nagar, a labourer. “Mahalingam was returning to his home from his friend’s house on his moped when the gang waylaid him. The trio stabbed him, took away his moped and his phone. The man, who had suffered injuries on his hip, sought help from a motorist and gave chase in his car. The miscreant, who was riding the moped, abandoned the vehicle and ran away,” the officer added.
The Sulur police have registered two cases against the trio and have formed six special teams to nab them. Police are collecting CCTV footage from the area.
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