Attempts to block train foiled

Twenty-five activists of the DMK, Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam, and a few other organisations tried to block a train at the Pollachi Railway Junction on Friday. They said that it was unfair on the part of the railways to operate the Podanur-Rameswaram train via Palakkad and not via Kinathukadavu.

The railways should operate the train from Podanur via Chettipalayam, Kinathukadavu, Kovilpalayam, and Pollachi. The police foiled the bid.

Youth killed

M. Siddharth (18) of Telugupalayam was killed in an accident on Ukkadam Bypass Road on Thursday. The police said that he lost control of the vehicle, hit a street light pole, fell from the vehicle. He was taken to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital and from there to a private hospital, where he died. He was again taken back to the CMCH, where the doctors declared him brought-dead.

Sources close to the boy said that they wanted to know who shifted the boy to the private hospital without the parents’ consent. The boy’s relatives have lodged a complaint with the hospital authorities in this regard.

Sand lorries seized

The police have seized five lorries carrying sand that were on their way to Kerala. The police said that during a routine vehicle check near Nachipalayam Pirivu, they found the lorries moving towards Kerala though their intended destination was something else. The lorries were carrying sand from Kulithalai in Karur district. The police said that they registered a case against the drivers Gautham, Raju, Mathiazhagan, Dinesh and one more person.

Shop gutted

A footwear shop on D.B. Road was destroyed in a fire that broke out on Wednesday. The Fire and Rescue Services personnel brought the fire under control.

Four held

The police have arrested S. Prabhakaran (26), N. Murugesh (29), N. Satheesh (27), and K. Rajasekar on charges of assaulting K. Balamurugan, a resident of Kembatty Colony.

Hunt on for traders

The police are on the lookout for two Coimbatore traders who have duped a Idukki-based spices dealer. The police said that the traders contacted S. Bijo online about two days ago and placed orders for six bags of pepper. They asked him to deliver the pepper to a house in Pillaiyarpuram near Sugunapuram.

Bijo delivered the goods. His workers could not find the persons who promised to pay at a different place. When they returned to the house, the pepper was found to be missing.

50 children rescued

The police have rescued 50 children who were found begging on the city streets. The police said that they conducted the drive based on orders from the City Police Commissioner A. Amalraj.

Liquor seized

The Prohibition Enforcement Wing on Friday seized 8,400 liquor bottles that were kept hidden in a farm in Thillaiampalayam, near Annur. The police said that the farm belonged to Dharmaraj (52). He had brought the bottles from Puducherry to be used during the October 2016 local body polls. Dharmaraj and his accomplices Manoj Prasanth (20), and Subramani (32), have gone missing.

Man held

The police have arrested N. Maheshkumar (23) of Rathinapuri on charges of stealing gold jewellery from H. Sargunam’s house in Ganapathy on Thursday.

Girls kidnapped

The police are on the lookout for Mono Mali alias Laddu (22), and Babbulu (22), both from Assam, on charges of kidnapping two girls aged 17. The police said that the accused fell in love with the girls and had kidnapped them on April 19. Based on a complaint from the girls’ father T. Prabakaran they had registered the case. All the four were employees of a factory in Karumathampatty.