Gang attacks couple, escapes with cash, jewellery
A couple was attacked by a gang while riding their two-wheeler near Singampunari. The assailants used a machete and a wooden log to assault them and stole cash and jewellery. Police are investigating the incident, which left the couple injured and hospitalized.
- ▪The couple was attacked near Puthuvayal while traveling home from their daughter's house.
- ▪The gang stole ₹8,000 in cash and a three-sovereign gold chain from the victims.
- ▪Passersby helped the injured couple and took them to the hospital.
- ▪In a separate incident, another woman was robbed of her gold chain while on a bus with her grandchildren.
- ▪Sivaganga police have registered cases and are conducting investigations into both incidents.
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A gang intercepted a couple riding a two-wheeler near Singampunari here on Monday, assaulted them with a machete and a wooden log, and fled after robbing them of their jewellery.Police said Dhanabalan, 55, a resident of Chelliyampatti near Singampunari in Sivaganga district, and his wife Shanmugavalli were traveling on a two-wheeler from their daughter’s house in Singampunari to Chelliyampatti on Monday night.When they were near Puthuvayal, a car going ahead of them suddenly stopped. Four people got out of the car and attacked Dhanabalan with a machete and a log and robbed him of ₹8,000.
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