CHENNAI: It was an unexpected face-off for 40-year-old policeman N Murali in the wee hours of Thursday. After finishing duty at 2 am, Murali, a head constable attached to the Basin Bridge police station, started walking towards his housing quarters in B V Colony, Vysarpadi. As he neared his house, he saw two men coming in his direction. He then realised that one of them was Muthu Batcha, a habitual offender who had been evading police net for many years. “Batcha had several cases registered against him in different police stations,” Murali told Express. When he saw Batcha crossing the road, Murali promptly informed SI Rangarajan. “The rowdy was right within my sight and I didn’t want him to escape,” he said. “I grabbed Batcha’s collar in one hand and his associate Shanker in another.” However, things almost started getting out of hand when Shanker put up a fight. Luckily, on hearing the commotion, local residents intervened. The SI too arrived in his patrol vehicle and Murali handed over the two men to the MKB Nagar police.Burglars Strike Two Houses in RoyapettahBurglars broke into two houses and decamped with valuables and cash at Peters Colony in Royapettah on Thursday. According to sources, the burglars struck the flats of two government employees, Suresh Kumar and Shanthi, both working in the health department at the Secretariat. The police are trying to ascertain the exact amount of jewels and cash stolen.2 Held, Jewels Worth `2 Lakh RecoveredTwo persons were arrested by the suburban police for robbing a woman at knife-point in Puzhal, on Thursday. Gold jewellery worth Rs two lakh were recovered from them. Police said R Pushparani (43) of Avadi, lodged a complaint alleging that she was proceeding on the Maduravoyal Bypass Road near Kadirvedu Bridge on a two-wheeler with her husband Rajendran on June 7, when two men on a motorcycle waylaid them and snatched her gold ornaments weighing about nine sovereigns at knife-point before fleeing the spot. Based on orders from Suburban CoP Karan Singha, a special team was monitoring vehicular movements on Thursday, when they stopped two youth on a bike. On being questioned, the youth - K Vivekanandan (24) and M Murali (25) - both residents of Nagaiah Gardens in Ayanavaram, confessed to the crime. It also came to light that the duo had robbed a wristwatch and a cellphone from another person at knife-point near Kavangarai just a few hours before.The police arrested the duo and recovered stolen property from them. They also seized the two-wheeler that was used to commit the robbery and produced the accused at the Thiruvottiyur court, which remanded them to judicial custody.
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