3 try to rob businessman at gunpoint, arrested

Coimbatore: Thudiyalur police have arrested 3 men, who posed as police officers and held a realtor at gunpoint difficult Rs 10 lakh from him on March 9. The realtor used to be identified as A Harpreet Singh Anand of Thiruvalluvar Nagar at Gounder Mills Junction close to Thudiyalur. “On March 3 around 2pm, when he used to be on how you can home, Harpreet Singh Anand used to be intercepted through a man, who offered himself as a police officer. He said that he has been protective the businessman from his enemies. On March 9 around 10am, the ‘officer’, along with two more other folks were given into the realtor’s automobile and demanded Rs 10 lakh for defense. Harpreet Singh raised an alarm. Thudiyalur visitors police sub-inspector Natarajan who saw him, rushed to the spot and interrogated the trio. They controlled to flee from where, however left a toy pistol at the back of,” the officer added. Police arrested them later. They had been identified as V Manthiri Selvam of Udayampalayam, R Bharani Maha Rajeswaran from Vellalore and M Balachander of Kavundampalayam.TNN