COIMBATORE: Adding any other feather in its cap, the town police arrested the chief of an interstate ATM burglary gang—that had looted Rs 30 lakh from three ATM machines in Coimbatore town remaining year—from Mansarovar in Jaipur, Rajasthan on Thursday.
The kingpin, identified as 43-year-old S Islamuddin, a native of Punhana village in Nuh district in Haryana, used to fly down to towns along with his lover Kiran to steal money from ATMs, police commissioner K Periaiah mentioned. "Islamuddin is a most wanted fugitive in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, New Delhi and Goa. He is facing more than 60 cases across the country. He started his criminal career with stealing copper wires. Later, he started to target ATM machines, which he broke opened with the help of accomplices," he mentioned.
Deputy commissioner G Dharmarajan, who visited Rajasthan two weeks ago, had organized informers to trace Islamuddin. After receiving a tip-off from the informers on Wednesday afternoon, a special crew led by assistant commissioner Balamurugan left for Jaipur. Islamuddin had visited Kiran's house at Mansarovar on Wednesday afternoon in a automotive. Soon after receiving the ideas, Tamil Nadu police contacted the Rajasthan state police seeking assistance to nab him. A special police crew wearing guns surrounded the home at Mansarovar on Wednesday evening. The special crew from Coimbatore also reached the spot. On Thursday around 4.30am, police entered the home and arrested Islamuddin.
"When Delhi police tried to arrest him in 2016, Islamuddin opened fire on them. A circle inspector escaped only because he was wearing a bulletproof jacket. Islamuddin later came out on bail and went absconding," mentioned Periaiah.
"Islamuddin and gang stole a car from a police inspector on June 30, 2016. They also kidnapped the inspector and kept him in wrongful restraint inside the car, They robbed him of his ATM card and cash. In January 2015, Islamuddin's gang hijacked a truck carrying copper wires worth Rs 80 lakh from Dindigul," a police officer mentioned.
The special police crew will bring Islamuddin to Coimbatore on Friday morning.
An eight-member gang led by Islamuddin had broke opened three ATM machines on Thanneerpandal Road and Avinashi Road in Coimbatore on December nine, 2017 and looted Rs 30 lakh. With the assistance of Namakkal rural and Salem town police, Coimbatore town police arrested the group contributors and seized two automobiles, a truck and Rs three.03 lakh from them. They have been later detained under the goondas Act.
The kingpin, identified as 43-year-old S Islamuddin, a native of Punhana village in Nuh district in Haryana, used to fly down to towns along with his lover Kiran to steal money from ATMs, police commissioner K Periaiah mentioned. "Islamuddin is a most wanted fugitive in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, New Delhi and Goa. He is facing more than 60 cases across the country. He started his criminal career with stealing copper wires. Later, he started to target ATM machines, which he broke opened with the help of accomplices," he mentioned.
Deputy commissioner G Dharmarajan, who visited Rajasthan two weeks ago, had organized informers to trace Islamuddin. After receiving a tip-off from the informers on Wednesday afternoon, a special crew led by assistant commissioner Balamurugan left for Jaipur. Islamuddin had visited Kiran's house at Mansarovar on Wednesday afternoon in a automotive. Soon after receiving the ideas, Tamil Nadu police contacted the Rajasthan state police seeking assistance to nab him. A special police crew wearing guns surrounded the home at Mansarovar on Wednesday evening. The special crew from Coimbatore also reached the spot. On Thursday around 4.30am, police entered the home and arrested Islamuddin.
"When Delhi police tried to arrest him in 2016, Islamuddin opened fire on them. A circle inspector escaped only because he was wearing a bulletproof jacket. Islamuddin later came out on bail and went absconding," mentioned Periaiah.
"Islamuddin and gang stole a car from a police inspector on June 30, 2016. They also kidnapped the inspector and kept him in wrongful restraint inside the car, They robbed him of his ATM card and cash. In January 2015, Islamuddin's gang hijacked a truck carrying copper wires worth Rs 80 lakh from Dindigul," a police officer mentioned.
The special police crew will bring Islamuddin to Coimbatore on Friday morning.
An eight-member gang led by Islamuddin had broke opened three ATM machines on Thanneerpandal Road and Avinashi Road in Coimbatore on December nine, 2017 and looted Rs 30 lakh. With the assistance of Namakkal rural and Salem town police, Coimbatore town police arrested the group contributors and seized two automobiles, a truck and Rs three.03 lakh from them. They have been later detained under the goondas Act.
Coimbatore police nab ATM burglary kingpin from Jaipur
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