Four home guards arrested for stealing fuel from seized two-wheelers in TN

M K Ananth | TNN | Apr 14, 2020, 15:37 IST

MADURAI: Four home guards have been arrested in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu for stealing petrol from two-wheelers, which were seized for violating lockdown, and damaging the vehicles.
The incident took place on the Paramakudi taluk police station premises on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as S Duraipandi, 23, of Melaykudi, G Thiyagarajan, 24, of Kanjiyenthal, R Sakthi Mohan, 22, of M Nedunkulam and S Vignesh Kumar, 24, of Pothuvakudi.
The police noticed the theft on Monday while inspecting the condition of the vehicles.
The tubes from the fuel tanks of the two-wheelers were found hanging. Some portions of the vehicles were also damaged.
The police checked CCTV footages and found four home guards shaking the vehicles and filling fuel in empty bottles.
Based on a complaint lodged by Paramakudi taluk police inspector Suthandra Devi, a case was registered by the Paramakudi town police.
All the accused were booked under Section 379 (punishment for theft) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Tamil Nadu Property Prevention of Damage and Loss Act. They were arrested on Monday and remanded in judicial custody, superintendent of police of Ramanathapuram district R V Varun Kumar said.