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Two school students among 4 held for chain snatching

CHENNAI: Four persons, including two school students, were arrested on charges of committing chain-snatching offences at Tondiarpet on Wednesday.

Following frequent chain-snatching incidents in the Tondiarpet, Royapuram and Kasimedu areas, Commissioner of Police K. Radhakrishnan formed a special team to investigate the complaints.

It intercepted three boys who were seen teasing women walking on the road at Tondiarpet.

On interrogation, the minors, including two studying in IX Standard, confessed to having indulged in chain-snatchings under the instigation of Satish Kumar (28) of Kasimedu, police said.

They said Satish Kumar forced them to commit the offences though he gave them some money after every theft. The accused used motorcycles to snatch gold chains from women walking in remote areas.

Police arrested Satish Kumar and recovered 10 sovereigns of gold jewellery and two motorcycles.

He was produced in a city court and remanded to judicial custody. The minors were sent to a juvenile home.

In Kancheepuram, the Vishnu Kanchi police arrested a IX Standard student in connection with a theft case. According to police, the police received a complaint from S.Gnanavelu (70) of Little Kancheepuram on Sunday that gold jewellery weighing around 10 sovereigns and a mobile phone handset were missing from his house.

On investigation, it was found that the accused living in the same area had entered the house, under the pretext of retrieving a ball, when Gnanavelu and his family members were away and lifted the valuables. The valuables worth about Rs.60,000 were recovered from him. The accused has been sent to a juvenile home.

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