Chili powder spraying robbers nabbed in Tirupur

Tirupur: A knitwear unit staff and his friends successfully laid a ‘cash trap’ to nab two miscreants in Tirupur who robbed mobile phones by spraying chili powder on their victims. 

Police said Kamalakannan, 21, hailing from Madurai district and working as a merchandiser in a knitwear factory here, was returning home on his motorbike on Thursday night with his friend Anbuselvan when they were chased by a duo on another bike.

Suddenly, the pillion rider on the bike in the rear sprayed chili powder on their victims. As they collapsed, the duo took away Kamalakannan’s costly mobile phone and fled the spot.

Gathering his wits, Kamalakannan called the number of his lost mobile and contacted the robber. He offered to pay them Rs 15,000 cash and the robbers accepted the deal, police said.

When they traced their way back to the spot again, Kamalakannan and his friends caught the miscreants and handed them over to the police. Police identified the alleged robbers as Jeeva, 21, from Ramanathapuram district and Vignesh, 21, from Madurai district. The two were remanded to custody and further investigations are on.