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Two from Kerala arrested for highway robbery near Coimbatore
The Coimbatore District Police have arrested two persons from Kerala for alleged involvement in a recent highway robbery near K.G. Chavadi, wherein a Thrissur-based jewellery and his aide were carjacked and robbed of 1.25 kg of gold.
R. Vishnu, 26, and J. Anshad, 35, from Alappuzha district in Kerala were arrested on Sunday.
The police said that a truck that was used for the highway robbery that took place at K.G. Chavadi on Salem – Kochi Highway (NH 544) on June 14 belonged to Vishnu and Anshad was at the wheel.
According to the police, the truck blocked the car travelled by Thrissur-based jeweller Jaison Jacob and his employee S. Vishnu near a fuel station at K.G. Chavadi, when they were driving back to Kerala after purchasing 1.25 kg of gold from Tamil Nadu. A few men, who tailed them, struck at the car and abducted them along with the vehicle. The robbers left Mr. Jacob and his aide on the side of another road, after robbing them of the jewellery and ₹60,000.
While the truck was found at Ettimadai on June 15, the jeweller's car was found abandoned on an interior road at Vazhukkal near Velanthavalam the next day. Vishnu and J. Anshad were arrested from Ettimadai on Sunday, the police said.
They added that special teams were on the lookout for other accused involved in the robbery.
