Chennai: In a meeting near Sriperumbudur on Monday, the city police shot dead a toting man from Jharkhand who allegedly took a woman’s gold chain on Sunday and killed Tasmac employees last week.
Police said Murthaza Sheikh, 30, used a machete to attack and injure a police officer when the police surrounded it near the village to the 1pm.
An inspector then shot him dead.
Murthaza and Naim Akhthar, 29, also from Jharkhand, have taken the gold chain of six-sovereign gold indrani, 58, at the Penterur bus stop near Tollgate on Sunday morning.
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Murthaza and Naim seize the golden chain of a woman on Sunday; 2.
They fled after shooting in the air; 3 & 4.
Police stationed near Lake Irungatkukai use drones to track them; 5.
Police Nab Naim when he comes out of hiding in nemili; 6.
Murthaza tries to escape; Portable Mohanraj his corners but Murthaza attacked him with machetes.
Inspector Krishnakumar shot him deadthe two approaching he pretended to ask for instructions and drove on a motorcycle with his chain.
He warned his son, but when the villagers chased, the duo took out a gun and fired air and fled.
Ten police teams were deployed around Lake Irungattuknai, where they were last seen and drones were used to look for them.
Naim was arrested around 7am on Monday when he emerged from his hiding place near a water in Nemili’s village thinking the police had left.
The police tracked Murthaza to the house left behind in the nearby.
Seeing the police who fled through the back door to the wooded area in Mevalurkuppam.
The police chased and when Pegawasan Mohanraj cornered him, Murthaza attacked him with machetes, police said.
Inspector Krishnakumar from the Sriperumudur police station then fired one shot at Murthaza’s chest, killing him.
Mohanraj has been treated at Kancheepuram Government Hospital.
Murthaza’s body was sent to the Chengalpet government hospital for post-mortem and the judge’s investigation had been ordered.
The suspect police suspect Murthaza and Naim might be involved in Thuddal murder, a Tasmac employee, in Sripipumbudur in 4.
October.
The police initially doubted the claims of other Tasmac employees, Ramu had been shot.
But the doctor who took care of a row digging bullets from his body.
The police have launched a hunt for a third person who can engage with Murthaza and Naim who have worked and live in the Sriperumbudur area for the past year.
“The weapon was not made in Tamil Nadu but was bought from Jharkhand.
We check whether the defendant has a delayed case in their country,” said M Sathhyapriya, Deputy Inspector General of Police, King Cancheepuram.
The police seized a gun, two machetes, five knives, iron stems and two cellphones from the two men.
They claimed to have been involved in three cases of grabbing in Kancheepuram Regency in the past week.
The pistol they use seems to be a country made with a good engine solution, police said.