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Man held for using stolen credit card

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI : A 26-year-old graduate was arrested on charges of using a stolen credit card and attempting to purchase goods from a jewellery showroom in the city on Tuesday. Police said the arrested man, Arun Prasad of Nandanam, belonged to Dharmapuri district.

Along with three of his accomplices, he visited a jewellery shop in Usman Road, T. Nagar, on Tuesday and purchased a gold chain weighing five sovereigns. When an alert salesman questioned him, he and his accomplices fled. The police were informed about it.

Police investigations revealed that Arun Prasad had purchased a new mobile phone valued Rs 25,000 from a showroom in North Usman Road recently using the credit card.

Arun Prasad has been remanded to judicial custody.

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