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`Poison factory' takes the life of one more worker

Staff Reporter

Three colleagues hospitalised, undergoing treatment for blackout The company owner, Joseph Oliver and manager, C.M. Krishnakumar, were arrested on Monday

CHENNAI: One more worker of a PVC pipe company died after reportedly inhaling poisonous chemicals at his workplace. Raj Babu from Orissa was admitted to the General Hospital on Sunday along with his colleagues Kumar, Ramarao and Aravindan from a company located at Krishna Industrial Estate in Mettukuppam near Vanagaram. Kumar died on Sunday night while others were undergoing treatment after blacking out.

The company owner, Joseph Oliver and manager, C.M. Krishnakumar, were arrested by Maduravoyal police on Monday.

Illegal stamp vending

The Crime Branch raided several places in the city and suburbs on Monday and has brought to light unauthorised vending of stamp papers at higher rates.

An official said that stamp papers in the denomination of Rs. 10 and 20 were seized from Senthil Kumar of Tirumangalam, who did not have a vendor licence.

"Three authorised vendors — S. Pandithai of Mogappair West, Rajendran of Omandur (Tindivanam) and Ramesh of Kellys — used to supply stamp papers in bulk to Senthil without making proper entries.

"We have written to Inspector General, Registration to cancel their licences," the official said. Most of these stamp papers were used for illegal transactions in the city, he added.

Bank account misused

A 25-year-old man was arrested by the cyber crime cell of the city police on charges of hacking and theft after he used a friend's ATM account for online shopping. According to assistant commissioner S. Balu, V.Ramesh, a resident of Mylapore , had a tiff with his friend Jesu Vimalan of Besant Nagar.

The accused misused his knowledge of his friend's HDFC ATM account password to shop online for lingerie.

"He couriered the items twice to Ramesh's residence knowing well that he comes from a conservative family," said Mr. Balu.

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