Coimbatore: The city police arrested two men for stealing four mobile phones from houses at Rathinapuri on Sunday.
Police identified them as S Vanniyaraj, 33 and his friend R Karthi, 33, of Seeranaickenpalayam in the city.
They broke into the house of S Vinoth of Sadaiyappa Gounder street at Rathinapuri on Sunday around 4am to steal his phone. Though Vinoth tried to nab them, the duo managed to escape with the phone.
The Rathinapuri police registered a case and formed a special team to nab the duo. “Preliminary inquiry revealed that the duo had broke open three houses in the locality to steal three mobile phones. We seized the four stolen phones from them,” a police officer said.
Vanniyaraj and Karthi were booked under Section 380 (theft in dwelling house etc) of the Indian Penal Code. “Vanniyaraj is facing a murder case and theft cases in Coimbatore city. Karthi is also facing criminal cases,” the officer added.
The duo was remanded in judicial custody and lodged in the Pollachi Sub-jail.