15 lak woth of cotten yarn theft
The Special Teams of the Coimbatore Rural Police arrested five persons in connection with the theft of 300 bags of cotton yarn worth over Rs. 15 lakh.According to the police, it is learnt that on June 21, 2006, Mukesh, a cargo handling agent, despatched 200 bags of cotton yarn from a spinning mill in Kamanaickenpalayam and another 100 bags from another mill at Pogalur near Annur, to Mumbai.The consignment did not reach the destination. Based on a complaint, the Kamanaickenpalayam police had registered a case.The Inspector-General of Police, West Zone, K. Rajendran, the DIG of Police, Coimbatore Range, Seema Agrawal, and the Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore Rural District, G. Karthikeyan, had constituted special teams.Investigations by the teams led to the arrest of Hyder Ali, Noor Mohammed, Murugadas, Gunasekaran and Selvam.It was found that the accused had changed the number plate of the truck used for transporting the yarn. Instead of sending the consignment to Mumbai, they sold it to some other person.The police had recovered 225 bags of cotton yarn and the cash in respect of the remaining 75 bags as well as the truck. All the accused were produced before the Palladam Judicial Magistrate Court and had been remanded to judicial custody.
