MUMBAI: The Dharavi police went beyond the call of duty and hopped onto an over-crowded general compartment of a mail train to reach Madurai to catch a youth who had made away with his employer's wife's gold worth Rs 1.25 lakh.
The incident occurred on October 21 when the victim, Vijaylaksmi Nadar, was alone in her home at Dharavi. The accused, Veera Samy (22), used to work for Vijaylaksmi's husband who owned a printing press at Lower Parel. "Samy knew that Nadar had left for work and that Vijaylaksmi was alone at home," the police added. Vijaylaksmi , who is pregnant, stated in her complaint, "As I was not keeping well, instead of locking the door, I put the chain on on the safety door. Unfastening the chain, the accused barged in. He held a knife at my throat and ordered me to remove the valuables I was wearing." Before fleeing, Samy committed a mistake—that of threatening his victim in a Tamil dialect . That, along with the descriptions given by neighbours, helped the police prepare his identity sketches.
"Vijaylaksmi could not provide much details but she said the accused had threatened her in a Tamil dialect, used by people of a village at Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu," Dharavi police senior inspector H Patil said. "We prepared 10 sketches with which, people of the area identified him as Samy. They said he had left for his hometown a day after the incident. We put two and two together and our team left for Madurai , from where they planned to go to Tirunelveli."
After arrest, Samy confessed to the crime and said he had to arrange for money and gold for his sister's wedding next week.
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The incident occurred on October 21 when the victim, Vijaylaksmi Nadar, was alone in her home at Dharavi. The accused, Veera Samy (22), used to work for Vijaylaksmi's husband who owned a printing press at Lower Parel. "Samy knew that Nadar had left for work and that Vijaylaksmi was alone at home," the police added. Vijaylaksmi , who is pregnant, stated in her complaint, "As I was not keeping well, instead of locking the door, I put the chain on on the safety door. Unfastening the chain, the accused barged in. He held a knife at my throat and ordered me to remove the valuables I was wearing." Before fleeing, Samy committed a mistake—that of threatening his victim in a Tamil dialect . That, along with the descriptions given by neighbours, helped the police prepare his identity sketches.
"Vijaylaksmi could not provide much details but she said the accused had threatened her in a Tamil dialect, used by people of a village at Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu," Dharavi police senior inspector H Patil said. "We prepared 10 sketches with which, people of the area identified him as Samy. They said he had left for his hometown a day after the incident. We put two and two together and our team left for Madurai , from where they planned to go to Tirunelveli."
After arrest, Samy confessed to the crime and said he had to arrange for money and gold for his sister's wedding next week.
Read more: Cops take packed train to nab thief - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Cops-take-packed-train-to-nab-thief/articleshow/6839606.cms#ixzz13pv5num6
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