A gold chain weighing 10 sovereigns was snatched from a woman, Murugeswari, 55, while she was walking at Alagappan Nagar under Subramaniapuram police station limits on Saturday.
Police said that the woman, a resident of Balaji Street, was returning home when two persons who were following her snatched her chain and fled from the scene around 6.30 p.m.
Subramaniapuram police are investigating.
In another chain-snatching incident reported on Friday, L. Sivamalarkodi, 29, sustained injuries when she fell down from a new two-wheeler as two robbers yanked her gold chain at Chekkanoorani.
Police said that the robbers, who were following her on a motorcycle, snatched her two-sovereign gold chain. In the impact, the woman lost balance and fell down from the vehicle. She sustained injuries on her face and limbs. Chekkanoorani police are probing.
In yet another incident, S. Mohammed Mustafa, 38, of Virudhunagar lost his mobile phone to robbers near OCPM Girls Higher Secondary School on Saturday evening. Tallakulam police are investigating.
Dies in accident
A mason, S. Panchavarnam, 37, was killed in a road accident on Ring Road on the bridge across Vaigai river on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased, hailing from Tiruppuvanam in Sivaganga district, was riding a motorcycle with his wife Subbulakshmi and son Surya. A TNSTC bus proceeding to Tirunelveli hit the vehicle. The man was killed on the spot.
₹5 lakh stolen
Over ₹5 lakh was stolen from a finance office at T. Kallupatti. Police said that in his complaint, the zonal manager of Muthoot Microfin, S. Saravanan, 33, had stated that three employees had left the day’s collection of ₹5.01 lakh in the office on Friday. When they came back the next day, they found the money missing.
