The New Indian Express ·
Thief dials cops, gets arrested to escape from crowd in pursuit
ERODE: The police are there to protect and serve, even if you are a thief!
A 35-year-old thief would have got the taste of this motto, as he just had to dial 100 to avail of the police help to escape from the group of people who were chasing him. The suspect has been identified as Vijayakumar (35) of Rajapatti in Pudukkottai district, residing at Karipatti in Salem.
The police said the incident happened on September 7 around 9.10 pm at the locked house of Sharmiladevi and her husband Sivakumar at Sivasakthi Avenue near M Pudupalayam in Kanjilkoil. When the husband and wife returned home around 10.45 pm, they found the front door open, and the lights on the first floor on.
