Tamil Nadu: Cop tries to burgle treasury, suspended in Tirupur

COIMBATORE: A cop was placed under suspension in Tirupur on Friday after he hatched a conspiracy with his younger brother and another person and attempted to burgle the sub-treasury office at Palladam a few weeks ago.
The Palladam police said 37-year-old K Ravichandran, a grade-I police constable from Astalakshmi Nagar on Mangalam Road, had incurred huge losses on online rummy game and he was on the run, while they had managed to nab the other two accused.Police have formed a special team to arrest Ravichandran, who was attached to Mangalam police station.
An investigation officer said 51-year-old N Meenakshi Sundaram, assistant treasury officer with Palladam sub-treasury office, had lodged a complaint with them on November 8, stating unidentified people had broken into the office and attempted to break open the strong room lock on the night of November 7.
Based on the treasury officer’s complaint, police registered a case and arrested 35-year-old Boobalan, younger brother of Ravichandran, on November 21, and 37-year-old Senthilkumar, of Paruthikadu near Poovanur in Salem district on November 23. The officer said Boobalan was running a vegetable shop on Market Street in Salem and Senthilkumar was his employee.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Ravichandran had hatched the conspiracy with his younger brother and Senthilkumar to burgle the sub-treasury office, as he was in huge debt. “They were not able to break open the strong room lock and had to return empty-handed. Ravichandran, meanwhile, stopped reporting for duty from November 20 and went into hiding,” the officer said.