Two arrested for bid to snatch over 1 kg gold at Coimbatore railway station
Two individuals were arrested for attempting to snatch a bag containing 1.1 kg of gold at the Coimbatore railway station. The incident occurred when the victims were approached by the suspects as they were being picked up by their employer. The police have launched an investigation and are searching for two additional accomplices involved in the crime.
- ▪The suspects, Isakkipandi and Ayyappan, are both from Tirunelveli.
- ▪The gold was successfully thrown into a car by one of the victims during the attempted snatching.
- ▪Police used surveillance footage to identify and arrest the suspects.
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The Ukkadam police on May 29, 2026, (Friday) arrested two persons for attempting to snatch a bag containing 1.1 kg of gold ornaments from an employee of a jeweller at the Coimbatore railway station on Wednesday (May 27). The police said that Tirunelveli natives Isakkipandi (23) and Ayyappan (22) were arrested from the city.The police said that Murugesan and Saravanan, who worked for jeweller Balaji of Ponnaiahrajapuram, arrived at the railway station by a train from Chennai around 6.30 a.m. on Wednesday. Mr. Balaji was waiting in a car close to the rear gate of the railway station to pick them up.As Mr. Murugesan and Mr. Saravanan came close to the car, Isakkipandi, Ayyappan and another man approached them on a two-wheeler. One of them attempted to snatch a bag containing 1.1.
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