An employee of a private company was duped of two sovereigns of gold by a person who claimed to be police personnel on West Masi Street here on Friday afternoon.
The police said that the victim, S. Sulthan, of Ahimsapuram was approached by a man, who claimed to be police personnel from the crime branch and wanted to frisk him.
Even as the youth was threatened by the accused, he took his gold chain and escaped. The Tideer Nagar police are investigating.
Constable dies
A woman constable, Viji, who along with his mother and daughter, consumed poison at their house in Surya Nagar last month died at a hospital.
The police said that the constable was attached to City Crime Branch. Her mother, Nagalakshmi, had died last week. Her 14-year-old daughter is still under treatment. The Tallakulam police are investigating.
Chain snatched
Around three sovereigns of gold chain were snatched from a 60-year-old woman B. Ganga of Ganesh Nagar under Teppakulam police station limits.
The police said that the woman was walking home back after visiting her brothers’ house in Maruthu Pandian Nagar. A helmet-sporting person snatched the gold chain at around 11 a.m.
