Two arrested for stealing liquor from Tasmac shop

Coimbatore: The rural police have arrested two men for stealing 903 liquor bottles worth Rs 1.73 lakh from a Tasmac outlet at Kasigoundenpudur near Sulur a week ago.
Police identified them as A Sampathkumar, 42 and S Maheshkumar, 31, of Kannampalayam near Sulur.
“They made a hole on the wall of Tasmac shop 1836 on Kalangal – Kangeyampalayam Road at Kasigoundenpudur in Sulur on June 3 to steal liquor bottles,” a police officer said. Police collected CCTV footage from the outlet and launched an investigation. A team led by Sulur inspector S Murugesan and sub-inspector Pandiyarajan arrested Sampathkumar on Friday evening and seized a car and 241 liquor bottles from him. Based on his confession, police arrested Maheshkumar on Saturday.
“Maheshkumar told us that he had carried out a series of thefts at Kangeyampalayam, Deepam Garden and Vidhya Nagar in Sulur to steal cash, gold ornaments, a television set, mobile phones and laptops,” the officer added.
Police seized 79 liquor bottles, Rs 72,000, three mobile phones, a laptop, a television set and a motorcycle from Maheshkumar. He was remanded in judicial custody.
The Sulur police have registered a case under sections 380 (theft in dwelling house etc.,) and 457 (lurking house trespass or house breaking by night in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment) of the Indian Penal Code.