Dreaded dacoit gang arrested in Madras

The Madras police have arrested a ten-member dacoity gang which had struck terror in the city in recent months.

Six pistols and stolen goods worth Rs 800,000 have been recovered from them.

Police Commissioner V K Rajagopalan said those arrested hailed from Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts. They were involved in 15 dacoities including the July 31 incident at Mylapore, when the gang fired at a youth and assaulted another and threatened two office-going women.

He said the interrogation of three gang members -- Revolver Murugan, Peter and Senthil who were arrested last week -- revealed that the gang had bought six revolvers at Patna.

Following a quarrel over sharing the loot, the gang split into two groups led by Revolver Murugan and Dhanasingh, who had plotted the Mylapore dacoities.

Dhanasingh and a few others are still at large. The police have launched a hunt to nab them, he added.

UNI