Ex-cop ‘seizes' mobile phone, held
Trichy: A month after being dismissed from service, a former police constable was arrested on Sunday for conning a man of his mobile phone near Srirangam.
Police said R Arun from Sivaganga district visited Srirangam on Sunday to perform rituals for his ancestors on the Cauvery riverbank. Former constable P Santhosh Kumar, 32, approached Arun as a police officer and told him he needed 'to inquire him based on suspicion' and 'confiscated' his mobile phone. He then asked Arun to come to the Srirangam police station and wait for him.
After reaching the station, Arun realized that he was cheated and lodged a complaint at the station. Police went through CCTV footage and identified Santhosh Kumar and arrested him.
Santhosh Kumar was previously working at the Navalpattu police station in Thiruverumbur subdivision in Trichy district. He was dismissed in March for 'prolonged absence' from duty.
Police booked him under BNS Section 304 (snatching). He was remanded in judicial custody.
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