Woman, friend arrested for robbing man

Coimbatore: The Vadavalli police on Thursday arrested two people, including a woman, for robbing a vehicle dealer.
Police identified them as M Sathya, 29, of Anna Nagar in Vadavalli and her friend A Saddam Hussain, 32, of Kuniyamuthur.
“Sathya was engaged in prostitution and used the house of K Shanthi, 51, of Kamadenu Nagar at Vadavalli. She often visited Shanthi’s house along with K Pradeepkumar, 37, of Kavundampalayam, a used motorcycle dealer. Sathya hatched a plan with Hussain to rob Pradeepkumar of his five-sovereign gold bracelet and 3.5-sovereign gold chain. Last Friday evening, she invited Pradeepkumar to Shanthi’s house. When he reached there, a five-member gang, who had covered their faces with masks, snatched the ornaments from Pradeepkumar. The gang also snatched ear studs and gold ring weighing four grams, a mobile phone and Rs 4,000 from Sathya. The gang forced Pradeepkumar and Sathya pose nude for photos and threatened to circulate the photos on social media if he files a police complaint,” a police officer said.
Pradeepkumar, however, lodged a police complaint stating that a gang had robbed him, Sathya and Shanthi.
Police tracked Sathya’s stolen phone and found that she was still using it. They picked her up for interrogation on Wednesday evening and she confessed to the crime.TNN