Innocuous email leads to arrest of car thieves

An innocuous automated messaging service from an authorised four-wheeler workshop in Kappalur giving details to a customer owning an SUV that his vehicle had been taken for service led to the arrest o

An innocuous automated messaging service from an authorised four-wheeler workshop in Kappalur giving details to a customer owning an SUV that his vehicle had been taken for service led to the arrest of a seven-member gang that was involved in stealing vehicles. “Upon receiving the message on e-mail, Tamilarasan, 65, of Thanjavur, was perplexed as his SUV, registered in his wife’s name, was parked in his house. He immediately alerted the workshop that there was something fishy and also sent by post a complaint about the fraud to Madurai District Police,” Tirumangalam Deputy Superintendent of Police S. S. Vinothini said.