Youths who robbed man at knifepoint caught red-handed

Tirupur: Two youths, who robbed a bakery shop worker at knifepoint near Old bus stand here on Saturday night, were caught red-handed by some commuters in the vicinity. The duo was later handed over to the police.

The arrested were identified as G Janagaraj, 19, of

Pandian Nagar

and M Karthikeyan, 22, of Palladam. The duo robbed A Manikandan, 35, of

Jammanai Street

, of cash and a smartphone.

According to the police, the incident took place when Manikandan, who was employed with a

private bakery shop

, was on his way back home after work on Saturday night.

The duo came on a motorbike, threatened him at knifepoint and snatched his smartphone and cash. But commuters in the area caught them red-handed and handed them over to the police.

The South police have registered a case and further investigations are on.