CHENNAI: Two men were arrested for posing as
food delivery agents
and snatching an 11-sovereign gold chain from a woman at J J Nagar on Sunday night. Police arrested Gopi, 35, of Vellore and his associate Sivanesan, 20, of Avadi after checking nearly 50 CCTV footage.
Police said one of the two wore a T-shirt commonly worn by food delivery agents and went looking for their target believing that no one would suspect them. The two were formerly employed with a online food delivery firm.
Police said on February 21, at 7.15pm, they were crossing Mogappair East when they saw a woman walking along wearing a 11-sovereign gold chain. They followed her from behind till her house. When a neighbour questioned the two, they said they had come to deliver food. As soon as the neighbour left, they pushed down Latha and snatched her 11-sovereign gold chain and fled.
“The duo had monitored the victim’s movements in the locality,” said an investigating officer.
Based on her complaint, police launched a hunt for the duo. They had to track footage of nearly 50 CCTV cameras to find the escape routes of the snatchers as the vehicle they used was a stolen one.
Police managed to trace Gopi at Pachaiyyapar Road, Mogappair. He has been residing in city for nearly five years. With the help of Gopi, police nabbed Sivanesan.
Police said Gopi and Sivanesan were employed at a online food delivery firm when they befriended each other. They quit the company six months ago.
This police said it was their first snatching case. They used to run a spa in the locality. When sleuths of Anti Vice Squad (AVS) busted a prostitution racket in the spa the two were arrested.
Police recovered a nine-sovereign gold chain from them. They were remanded in judicial custody.