Date:29/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/29/stories/2008082960130400.htm

Tamil Nadu

Youth succumbs to injuries

Special Correspondent

TAMBARAM: Saravanan (21), who was injured while riding a motorcycle on Monday, succumbed to injuries on Thursday.

Police said that the victim, a resident of Madurapakkam near Tambaram was travelling towards Medavakkam when he lost control of the two-wheeler and fell.

He was admitted to Government General Hospital in Chennai, where he died.

Chain snatched

A 21-year-old woman was relieved of her gold chain at Selaiyur on Thursday.

A resident of Uma Nagar, Kanchana was returning to her house from a temple on Agaram Road, when she was pursued by two youths on a motorcycle.

They snatched the gold chain weighing about three sovereigns and fled from the spot. Selaiyur police are investigating.