The Kannur Town police have arrested the accused in the alleged snatching of a necklace from an elderly woman at Payyambalam beach. The suspects were arrested from Meenangadi in Wayanad.
The complainant is K.P. Ramadevi, 75, from Karnataka’s JP Nagar. She was allegedly robbed of her necklace while spending time on the beach in the evening of December 10. The arrested are K.N. Nibras, 27, from Valapatnam Palotuvayal and Muhammad Taha, 21, from Thottada, Kannur.
The police, aided by the cyber cell and CCTV footage, conducted a thorough investigation, leading to the identification and subsequent arrest of the accused. A stolen scooter reportedly used for crime was traced to the Kasaragod railway station.
