Four-member gang in Chennai poses as EB staff, robs gold, silver

A woman and three other persons posing as Electricity Board staff allegedly threatened a  woman with  knives and robbed nearly 45 sovereigns of gold jewellery and 3.5 kg silver from her house.

CHENNAI: A woman and three other persons who posed as Electricity Board (EB) staff allegedly threatened a middle aged woman with  knives and robbed nearly 45 sovereigns of gold jewellery and 3.5 kg silver from her house at Ponniammanmedu, Madhavaram on Saturday.

Police said, Sandiya (26) was at home with her one-year-old baby and a relative, Nagabushanam (65), when a woman knocked on the door and claimed to have come for checking the EB meters.

“The moment she opened the door, three men in their thirties along with the woman barged into the house, robbed the valuables after threatening the two with knives and escaped,” said the police.

When the incident was reported, her husband Damodaran (34) working in a private company in Parry’s was at work, while her mother Sasikala (48) had gone to a funeral in Ponneri.

Sandiya registered a complaint with the Madhavaram police station.

In another incident, around 90 sovereigns gold jewellery and around Rs 1 lakh in cash was stolen from a locked house in the same area.

The incident came to light only on Sunday, when the family returned and found the door locks tampered with and the valuables missing.

Anthony Pradeep Raj, a software engineer had gone to Velankanni along with his father Suresh, a retired railway staff, mother Shanthi, a private school teacher, his wife and his 18-month old daughter to attend a function and offer prayers at the church.

“They had left on Friday night and returned on Sunday morning and found the valuables missing,” said a police officer.

Footage captured by CCTV cameras on a nearby building were being scanned and finger prints lifted from both the crime scenes. A case was registered and further probe was on.

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