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Youth arrested for bid to kill cabbie, steal car
The timely intervention of the Kannagi Nagar police saved the life of a call taxi driver, whom four youth were trying to murder, in a bid to steal his car.
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The police arrested one of the perpetrators, who is a college student. The gang was planning to sell the vehicle at Tada in Andhra Pradesh. Search is on to nab three others, who are absconding. According to police, Muralikrishnan (53) of Vandalur, a driver attached to Fast Track call taxi service, received a call around 1.45 am on Sunday requesting a trip to Besant Nagar from Kovalam. Muralikrishnan picked up four youth from Kovalam in his Tata Indigo car around 2.30 am and started to Besant Nagar.Â
When they reached Injambakkam, the gang asked Muralikrishnan to stop the car, saying that they wanted to meet a friend. The driver stopped the vehicle and two of the youth got down. Sometime later, the duo returned and asked Muralikrishnan to resume the journey.Â
However, the moment, Muralikrishnan put on his seat belt and was about to start the car, two of the three youth sitting in the rear held both his hands from behind while the other started strangulating him using a nylon rope, said police. Muralikrishnan, however, managed to unlock and open the door and put his leg out in a bid to attract attention of other road users. Meanwhile, Kanangi Nagar inspector Ravi, who was patrolling the area along with a sub inspector, saw the car parked with the door open and went near to check it.Â
On seeing Muralikrishnan struggling for his life, the policemen rushed to his aid. On seeing the policemen, the gang got out of the vehicle and started running away from the spot. The policemen gave chase but could catch only one of the four, the police added. He was identified as Mohammed Irfan (20), a resident of M S Koil Street in Royapuram and a first-year B A (Arabic) student at a private college in Chennai.Â
He told police that his parents had recently asked him to leave the house because of his criminal behaviour and had been staying with his friend Suhail Ahammed, a cell phone mechanic at Anna Salai.Â
The duo along with their friends Niroshan and Kalyan had hatched the plan to hijack the cab after murdering the driver and sell the vehicle at Tada in Andhra Pradesh. It was Suhail, who made the call to the taxi service. The police are searching for him, Niroshan and Kalyan, who are absconding. Further investigations are on.
Hindu Munnani man held for rape, murder of 17-year-old
A district functionary of the Hindu Munnani and four of his friends have been arrested for raping and murdering a 17-yearold girl at Chendurai in Ariyalur.
Police identified the arrested as Manikandan, Ariyallur district functionary of Hindu Munnani and a resident of Keezhmalikai village and his friends Manivannan, Manikandan, Rajadurai and Vetriselvan. According to the police, the girl, a resident of Chirakadambur village, Chendurai went missing on December 26. Her mother lodged a police complaint alleging that Manikandan, who had been in love with the girl, had kidnapped her. Police then picked up Manikandan and questioned him.Â
However, Manikandan claimed he was unaware of the girl’s whereabouts. Meanwhile, residents of Keezhmalikai village, while celebrating Pongal on Saturday, found the naked body of a girl inside a well and informed the police. Police retrieved the body. After receiving conformation from her parents, police identified the body as that of the missing girl.Â
Police then picked up Manikandan again and during interrogation he confessed to the crime. He told police that he and the girl had been in love. On December 26, Manikandan asked the girl to come and meet him. When she came to see him, Manikandan, under the guise of spending some time with the girl, took her to a house and locked her up. Manikandan and friends had conspired to exploit the girl. They murdered her after repeatedly raping her. They then dumped her body in the well. Following the confession, the police arrested Manikandan and his four friends. Further investigation is on.
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