Peelamedu Police on Wednesday picked up a college student and a college dropout for questioning for allegedly waylaying a man near SNR College Junction in the wee hours of the day. The police have identified the two as M. Vaishnav, a second year B.Com. student of Rathinapuri and S. Stephen of Cheran Maa Nagar.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that they waylaid Sudhakar, a workshop worker, around 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday. They reportedly took away the victim’s mobile phone and Rs. 10,000 and fled the place on a motorbike. The victim managed to make a note of the registration number of the bike and informed the police. In an intensive vehicle check the bike was traced early that day.