CHENNAI: A burglar, involved in a series of thefts in Velachery, was killed in a drunken brawl by his friends at Chengalpet. Police have collected CCTV camera footage and are tracking the other burglars involved.
Police conducted a thorough check at the residence of the deceased, Dinesh alias ‘Ottai’ Dinesh, 35, at Kamarajar Puram in Selaiyur and seized a stolen laptop and some silver ornaments.
The Velachery police were on the trail of Dinesh after five separate complaints from residents of Sixth and Seventh Street in Raja Lakshmi Nagar on July 23. Police said the burglars stole ?50,000 worth silver ornaments and utensils, apart from a laptop from these houses and escaped. In one of the incidents, Muruganantham, a resident, had gone to his relative’s house when the burglars struck. One of Muruganantham's tenants noticed the main door lock was broken and alerted Muruganantham. Who returned to find valuables missing.
After the series of burglaries, the Adyar deputy commissioner of police V Vikraman ordered a team to nab the culprits. The team collected CCTV camera footage from the nearby shops and residences. Two policemen were dedicated to monitor footage and zero in on the suspects. A police officer said, “The camera footage was not clear. However, the team monitored the suspects, who disappeared after entering the Kamarajar Puram in Selaiyur area.”
Meanwhile, police checked records for repeat offenders and found that a few burglars had come out of jail recently. One of them, Dinesh, was also involved in several break-ins in Kamarajar Puram near Selaiyur. It was then that police searched his house only to realise that he had been killed by his friends during an altercation near Chengalpet taluk a day after the burglary in Velachery. Police are searching for the absconding suspects.
