Salem Robbery

When a train pulled into Chennai early on Tuesday, it had a person-sized hole in the roof of one of its coaches.

A computer engineer has been arrested in connection with a futile bid to rob a cooperative bank in Salem, police said today.

A three-member gang broke into a house near Salem and inflicted head injuries on a 70-year-old woman resulting in her death before decamping with a gold chain, police said today.

In a daring highway robbery, four robbers posing as police personnel on Tuesday looted Rs 58 lakh cash from two employees of a Coimbatore-based jeweller near Salem in Tamil Nadu.

Gold and silver ornaments worth about Rs 40 lakh were recovered on Wednesday within six hours of being allegedly stolen, police said. Mahesh alias Velraj, an employee of a jewellery polishing shop, was arrested at around 4:30 am on Thursday at the new bus stand for allegedly stealing the ornaments, Salem City Commissioner of Police, C Chokkalingam,...

When a train pulled into Chennai early on Tuesday, it had a person-sized hole in the roof of one of its coaches.

A computer engineer has been arrested in connection with a futile bid to rob a cooperative bank in Salem, police said today.

A three-member gang broke into a house near Salem and inflicted head injuries on a 70-year-old woman resulting in her death before decamping with a gold chain, police said today.

In a daring highway robbery, four robbers posing as police personnel on Tuesday looted Rs 58 lakh cash from two employees of a Coimbatore-based jeweller near Salem in Tamil Nadu.

Gold and silver ornaments worth about Rs 40 lakh were recovered on Wednesday within six hours of being allegedly stolen, police said. Mahesh alias Velraj, an employee of a jewellery polishing shop, was arrested at around 4:30 am on Thursday at the new bus stand for allegedly stealing the ornaments, Salem City Commissioner of Police, C Chokkalingam,...