Armed gang robs 1.25 kg of gold, cash near Kottampatti
The Hindu
Madurai police have formed special teams to nab the perpetrators
An armed gang robbed over 1.25 kg of gold and ₹ 90,000 from an employee of a private gold finance company on the Tiruchi-Madurai Highway near Kottampatti on Wednesday night.
The police said that M. Michaelraj (30) of Usilampatti, along with two others, was returning from Villupuram with the valuables in a car. When the car was crossing Ayyapatti junction, which falls under the Kottampatti police station limits, another car that was following them waylaid the vehicle. Five armed men, who got down from the car, threatened the occupants of the car with the valuables in it. One of them attacked Michaelraj with a machete and he sustained injuries on his forehead. After dragging all the three occupants out of the car, the accused drove away both the vehicles.
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