Duo circulates woman’s phone number, held

Police said that the woman, an English lecturer at a private college, started receiving obscene messages on WhatsApp recently, after which she lodged a complaint with the Ayanavaram police.

After investigation, police found that Akash (24) and Rajesh (25) of Ashok Nagar shared her number stating that she was a sex worker. Police said that one of the arrested duo, who was known to the victim, had circulated her phone number. Both were arrested and remanded in judicial custody.

The anti-land grabbing wing sleuths of Central Crime Branch have arrested three persons for cheating and retrieved a land worth Rs 1.5 crore from them. The 2,640 sq ft land in Royala Nagar, Ramapuram, belongs to K Venkatesan of Chromepet. 

He recently lodged a complaint that the land transferred using forged documents. A special team of CCB after investigation arrested M Dravia Pandian (52) of Madurai, R Raja (47) of Ramapuram and B Anilkumar (46) of Kolapakkam. They were produced before magistrate and remanded in judicial custody. The stolen property was retrieved, said police. 

Two call-taxi drivers, who were using cars with fake registration numbers, were arrested and their vehicles seized by the MGR Nagar police. 

Sub-inspector Veeramani and constable John, who were on night patrol at the flyover near Kasi theatre on Thursday night, intercepted two cars on suspicion. As the cab drivers did not have any documents, they were taken to the police station and grilled further.

When the police verified the registration numbers, it was found out that they belonged to other cars. When questioned, the duo confessed that they have been using the cars with fake registration numbers and would park their vehicles near Chennai airport for rides to avoid suspicion. 

“They bought the cars with engine numbers erased from two other persons. We have launched a hunt for them identified as Rajesh and Senthil,” said an investigation officer. 

Meanwhile, the arrested persons, K Ramachandran (38) of T Nagar and Charles of Meenambakkam, were remanded in judicial custody.