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Youth held in Puducherry

PUDUCHERRY: Police on Friday night arrested a youth, Selvamani, and recovered Rs. 20 lakhfrom him.

Beat constables spotted him running with a bag. They caught him after a hot chase. The policemen found bundles of cash inside the bag. On questioning, he admitted that he had stolen the money from a person on a bus at New Bus Stand. Meanwhile, the person who lost the money, a cashier working with a jewellery mart, lodged a complaint that he was proceeding to Tindivanam to hand over Rs. 20 lakh to the owner's father when his bag with cash was stolen.

On further investigation, three members known to Selvamani had asked him to follow the cashier and rob him.

Selvamani was asked to come to a place where the three would wait for him. However, after jumping from the bus he failed to locate his colleagues, police said.

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