Family of cons

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, DEC. 22. A five-member family from Delhi, including two women and an 8-year-old girl, were arrested by the Nungambakkam police on Thursday on charges of stealing sarees from a shop. A car used by the family has also been seized.

The family allegedly confessed to the police that they had stolen sarees from shops in various cities posing as customers, before their arrest in Chennai.

According to police, the family had left Delhi by car on December 16. They visited Agra, Nagpur, Gwalior, Hyderabad before reaching Chennai. In each of the places they had stolen sarees from a minimum of two shops, police said.

They used to enter big shops, divert the attention of the shop keepers and hide the sarees on their person. They were caught when they attempted to steal from a shop at Nungambakkam in a similar fashion. All the arrested were remanded today.

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