Lawyer robbed of 100 sovereigns jewellery - southindia - Chennai - ibnlive

CHENNAI: An advocate from Salem reported theft of his bag containing 100 sovereigns of gold jewellery in a bus at Guindy on Sunday.

A Raja (37), a lawyer running a nursery and a primary school at Linemedu in Salem, said he boarded a Chennai-bound bus along with his daughter at 11 pm on Saturday. He had a travel bag containing 100 sovereigns of gold jewellery.

Raja’s family had planned a party for his father-in-law who was retiring from Central government service. He said he had brought the jewels for his wife, Umasuriya, to wear during the party. When the bus reached Kathipara junction, Guindy, Raja noticed the bag missing.

Raja claimed that he rushed to the Teynampet police station to file a complaint, but cops there turned him away citing jurisdictional reasons. He then approached the Guindy police, who initially refused to file an FIR for the same reason, but later relented. Another passenger, Shakthivel of Azhagapuram in Salem, who was also travelling in the same bus, also found his suitcase containing Rs 25,000 stolen.

A 38-year-old mason was fatally knocked down by a sand-laden lorry at Thoraipakkam on Sunday.

Police said K Chandran of in Aminjikarai came to the Thiruvidanthai temple with his wife Mahalakshmi and two children. After sending them off in a bus, Chandran left on his bike. At Injambakkam on ECR, he was hit by a sand-laden lorry from behind and killed on the spot.