Coimbatore: A 41-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for breaking into the Khadicraft shop near the Avinashi and Dekamping flyover with 58 Sari worth Rs 5.8 Lakh and Rs 55,000 on the night of July 30.
The competition course said after stealing Saris, G Murugan, a resident of Erimedu near Puliypulam in the city, has sold 47 of them up to 51 years H Mohammed Jalil, from Selvapuram, with a total of Rs 6,000 and 10 people with various prices remove prices.
“He spent the money with liquor.
When he learned that Sari was worth RS10,000 through a media report, he planned to take the battle with Jalil.
Meanwhile, a informant contacted us and Murugan had stolen sari from the Khadicraft shop and sold it to Jalil , “said a police officer.
The investigation wing the police race course arrested Jalil on Tuesday morning to buy Saris which was stolen and recovered all 47 Saris from him.
Meanwhile, the police special team arrested Murugan on Tuesday night and recovered six Saris from him.
“After stealing Sari, he had rented a car to transport him.
While he gave three sari to the driver of the car, the last one has returned it, accepting only one,” the officer said.
During interrogation, Murugan told the police that he had tried to open the Hundi at Temple Avinashi on Friday (July 30) night and was broken down into a grocery store in Pappanacedacepalayam and took a package of cigarettes on Sunday (August 1).
The officer said Murugan faced 14 cases of theft – six at the Peellamedu Police Station, four at the police station, three at the Kattoor police station and one at the Rathinapuri police station.