40 sovereign gold stolen from house

Coimbatore: Unidentified miscreants gained entry into the house of a retired assistant jailer at Senkalipalayam near Periyanaickenpalayam on the outskirts of the city and decamped with 40 sovereigns of gold jewellery.
According to police, P Paramanathan, 62, a retired assistant jailer of the Coimbatore central prison, was admitted to a private hospital for Covid treatment along with his 59-year-old wife and 28-year-old son on April 24. His wife and son died of Covid and hearing the news, Paramanathan’s mother died the next day. Bereaved Paramanathan had left for his brother’s house at Appanaickenpalayam on Saturday, when burglars struck.TNN