Chennai: Auto driver turns chain snatcher

CHENNAI: Having lost a lot of money in online gambling, an autorickshaw driver turned a chain snatcher to repay his debts at Maduravoyal. He was nabbed on Monday night with the helpop of CCTV footage, police said.
On December 18, one Nila was at a bakery at Parasakthi Nagar in Tiruverkadu when Ezhumalai, 35, the driver, snatched her 15 sovereign gold chain and escaped.
Based on her complaint, Tiruverkadu police registered a case and launched a hunt.While scanning CCTV footage, they found a suspicious looking man boarding an autorickshaw. With the help of the autorickshaw’s number,police established his identity.
During interrogation, Ezhumalai, a father of two, told police that he had lost lakhs of rupees in online gambling and took to chain-snatching to repay his debts.