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A Nepali duo was arrested here on Thursday for stealing valuables last month from a money lender’s house in Purasawalkam.
They were remanded to custody for 15 days on Friday.
Police identified them as Mani Bahadur (46) and Mohan Bahadur (39), hailing from Kerala.
They stole 25 sovereigns of gold and 10 kg of silver from the house of Surendar Singhvi on July 19 when he was away with his family.
Looking for a lead, Inspector T Jayakumar traced a mobile number, which was in use in Andhra Pradesh, to a woman who told the police that the duo visited her every month.
She reportedly said that they spent lavishly every time they visited a brothel.
Police, with the woman’s help, laid a trap to nab the duo.
The accused were asked to come to the Chennai Central Railway Station on Thursday where they were arrested. Based on their confessions, police recovered Rs 1.5 lakh, 25 sovereigns of gold and 10 kg of silver.
Sources said there were several theft cases pending against the duo in Bangalore as well.
Jayakumar said, “It is too early to comment on their role in the thefts reported in the city and only investigations will reveal whether they were involved in any other offences.
” Kin Arrested for Murder
The city police on Friday arrested four persons of a family in connection with the murder of one Rajkumar whose body was found on the EVR Periyar High Road here on Thursday morning.
Those arrested were Rajkumar’s wife Devi, her step-father Murugan and her brothers Thalapathy and Selvakumar.
Police said an inebriated Rajkumar went to his father-in-law’s house to complain about his wife, who had left him a few days back, and her paramour and reportedly threatened to kill them.
On hearing this, Devi’s brothers confronted Rajkumar and, in a fight that ensued, Rajkumar was murdered.
Clueless as to how to dispose of the body, they kept circling the city with the body in Rajkumar’s auto.
They later dumped the body in front of the Government General Hospital.
The truth came to light after police interrogated Devi.
House Break-ins
Two house-break-ins were reported in the suburban areas on Thursday night.
Police said Mahimaidass of Chromepet, who returned from a pilgrimage to Velankanni on Friday, found that the front door of the house was forced open.
He rushed in and discovered that gold ornaments weighing nearly 30 sovereigns and a few thousands rupees in cash were missing.
Police and forensic experts lifted fingerprints from the crime scene.
Sniffer dogs were also pressed into service.
A similar case was reported in Puzhal wherein Nallarathnam, the victim, lodged a complaint where he stated that gold jewels weighing 25 sovereigns were missing from his house following a break-in.
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