Tamil Nadu: Police constable, home guard caught on CCTV camera stealing tumbler

In a shocking incident, a police constable and a home guard have been caught on CCTV camera stealing tumbler in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu. Youth at Merpanaikkadu had installed a drinking water facility, a water-filled clay pot and a silver tumbler, near a mosque in the village. The tumbler was missing on the following morning. They placed a new tumbler. That too went missing. The youngsters realized that someone was stealing the tumbler at night. They wanted to catch the tumbler thief and installed a CCTV camera. The footage from the CCTV camera showed that the constable, identified Ayyappan, 30, attached to Keeramangalam police station, and home guard Vadivazhagan, 31, coming to the spot on a two-wheeler and doing the act of stealing. They were on night patrol.