T’puram: Vizhinjam police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old man, for allegedly threatening a prosecution witness and vandalising his house, in an attempt to force him to change his statement in a case involving harassment of women.Anilkumar of Mulloor, was arrested on charges of criminal intimidation, trespass and causing damage to property. According to Vizhinjam SHO…
Thiruvananthapuram: Vizhinjam Police, in an undercover operation, hid a civil police officer inside the boot of a car to arrest an alleged interstate vehicle theft racket kingpin, who was also wanted in three murder cases in Tamil Nadu. The arrested person is Nambi Rajan, 24, of Tirunelveli.The operation was conducted in connection with a vehicle…
T’puram: What began as a seemingly routine vehicle rental arranged through a social media contact ended in an alleged fraud after a Vizhinjam resident handed over his car to a stranger who has since gone missing along with the vehicle.Michael, 29, of Karimpallikkara in Kottappuram, lodged a complaint with Vizhinjam police alleging that a man…
T’puram: Vizhinjam police on Saturday arrested Mohammed Kaif (24) of Puliyoorkonam, Kottukal, for allegedly stealing two high-end mobile phones and cash from employees of a private resort while they were asleep at their accommodation in Chowara.Police said the theft occurred on July 11 at the building housing the resort staff. Kaif was traced using CCTV…
T’puram: Sindhu Kumari, the prime accused in the alleged gold pawn fraud case linked to the deaths of two employees of a private finance company, denied all allegations during her custodial interrogation on Monday, police said. The accused was questioned till 7pm, but police said she was not cooperating with the probe.“We are confronting her…
T’puram: The investigation into Vizhinjam gold fraud that allegedly drove two employees of a private finance company to suicide has widened, with police now suspecting that prime accused Sindhu Kumari was aided by another person in carrying out the alleged fraud, as per a police source. Police are probing the suspected accomplice’s role in the…
T’puram: The investigation into the alleged gold pawn fraud linked to two suicides is likely to be handed over to the district crime branch as the number of complaints against the prime accused continues to rise.Sources said the addition of abetment to suicide charges, along with financial fraud, has strengthened the case for transferring the…
T’puram: The 70-sovereign gold pawn fraud case in the state capital took a turn for the worse when one more woman, who had attempted suicide, breathed her last on Monday. Aishwarya (32) of Venganoor, an employee of a private gold loan firm, succumbed while undergoing treatment at medical college hospital.Her colleague Anju (28), who consumed…
T’puram: Vizhinjam police on Sunday arrested a 53-year-old woman accused of cheating two employees of a private finance company by misappropriating gold ornaments entrusted to her, a fraud that investigators say pushed the women into crippling debt and led to last week’s suicide attempt in which one of them died.The accused, Sindhu Kumari of Venganoor,…
T’puram: Two more persons were arrested on Sunday in connection with the attack on a woman whose family was allegedly targeted for helping police arrest a history-sheeter involved in a recent assault case. The arrested were identified as Ahmed Hashim, 31, and Irshad, 30, both natives of Vizhinjam Township, said Vizhinjam SI M Prashanth.Police on…
