Coimbatore: Rural police have formed three special teams to capture the gang of five members who posed as officials of the income tax department and took Rs 20 lakh from the home of a businessman in Kinathukadavu on Saturday.
According to sources, K Panchalingam, 63, from Vadadur near Kinathukadavu, has a stone mine in Muthur and a private finance company.
On Saturday, the five member gang came to Panchalingam’s house in MPV and claimed that they were income tax and CBI officers.
The gang also told him that they came to find his house based on the statement given by the Veeramani auditor.
The gang also claims that they have a search letter.
At the end of the ‘search’, the gang took Rs 20 lakh cash, iPhone, checkbook, digital video recorder and six leaf checks from home.
The car where the gang came did not have a registration number plate behind and covered the registration number plate on the front side with Garland.Panchalingam told Kinathukadavu police who rushed to the place and held an investigation.
Three police teams were formed to catch a gang.
Further investigation is on.tnn