4 held for robbing bank employee of ₹11 L

Four persons were arrested for robbing a 33-year-old private bank employee of ₹11 lakh and a laptop after waylaying him in T. Nagar.
The police said the complainant, A. Karthikeyan, a resident of Boopala Vinayagar Nagar in Kundrathur, was asked by his uncle in Malaysia to collect ₹12 lakh from a person in Parry’s Corner on Tuesday night.
He kept ₹1 lakh in his pocket and carried the remaining ₹11 lakh in a bag.
While he was riding his two-wheeler along G.N. Chetty Road near Vani Mahal flyover in T. Nagar, four men travelling on two motorcycles intercepted him. They snatched the bag containing ₹11 lakh and a laptop and fled on their motorcycles.
Based on Karthikeyan’s complaint at the Pondy Bazaar Police Station, the police registered a case and launched an investigation.
They arrested four suspects — Anand Selvan, 39, of Selaiyur, Bablu, 35, of Choolaimedu, Arun Kumar, alias Arnold, 29, of Tiruvallur district, and Mohammed Faisal, 29, of Tiruvannamalai district.
The police recovered ₹2.38 lakh of the stolen money and seized a two-wheeler allegedly used in the robbery.
The investigation revealed that the four accused, along with their associates, had planned the robbery and intercepted Karthikeyan knowing that he was carrying the cash.