Sniffer dog helps police crack burglary

CHENNAI: A sniffer dog helped the police crack a burglary reported in Tirumangalan a few days ago.
Chetan Kumar of Anna Nagar, who runs a two-wheeler spare parts shop, had complained that burglars broke into his house and stole 120 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rs 2.5 lakh in cash when he was attending to his ailing father Chander Singh Jain at a hospital on Greams Road.
After receiving the complaint, the police rushed there and questioned the victim. A sniffer dog, pressed into service, began following Chetan Kumar. "We also suspected him as he kept changing his clothes. He failed to accept his guilt during the initial interrogation. We then sent teams to search his house and finally recovered 120 sovereigns of gold jewellery tied underneath a cot in the bedroom. We are still interrogating Kumar about the missing cash," Anna Nagar deputy commissioner of police S Panneerselvam told TOI.
"We registered a case against Chetan Kumar for furnishing false information to the police and booked him under IPC Section 182. He was arrested and let off on bail later.
Police sources said that in the Jain family, all jewels from the daughters-in-law were kept in the possession of the father-in-law. Jewels from Chetan Kumar's wife and his brother's wives were with Chander Singh Jain, who was allegedly counting his days in hospital. Chetan Kumar's plan to steal the jewels came unstuck with the help of a dog.