CHENNAI: Robbery gangs and chain snatchers had a field day, as weekend revellers thronged the two beaches in Marina and Besant Nagar on Sunday.According to sources, Suman Bose and his wife Sakshi, who had come down from West Bengal to the city on a sight-seeing trip, were staying at a lodge in Triplicane. On Sunday evening, the couple were seated on the sands at Marina, when a three-member gang snatched their bag at knifepoint. The bag contained `3,000 in cash, a cell phone and credit cards. In the second incident, Thiruvengadam (22) of Theerthavarayan Street, was accosted by a man posing as a beggar. He reportedly demanded `10 and when the youth objected to his tone, the ‘beggar’ called two others, who proceeded to rob him of his gold chain. Marina police are investigating.In Besant Nagar, Ranjit Kumar (19), a B Com student and resident of Kothandaram Street in Washermenpet was seated with a friend on the beach, when two men robbed them of an eight-sovereign gold chain, a ring, bracelet and `3,000 in cash.H Vinitha (30) of Vettuvankeni in Neelangarai was returning from church, when two men on a bike stopped near her on the pretext of asking for directions for an address. Suddenly, they brandished a knife and snatched her six-sovereigns gold chain and escaped.Woman murdered at KasimeduA 31-year old woman was found dead in her house in Kasimedu, on Sunday.T Sumathi was a resident of the Slum Clearance Board Colony in G M Pet. Her husband, Thangaraj, was a fisherman and was away at sea for several days together. The couple had three children.On Sunday, her daughter Sumitra (17) noticed Vijay of Draupadi Amman Koil Street in the same area rushing down from the stairs of her flat. Sensing that something was wrong, she rushed to her house where she found her mother strangled to death. The police suspect that Sumathi and Vijay had an illicit relationship and that it could have gone sour. Bike rider skids, dies of injuriesA 20-year old man was killed, when he skidded and fell from his two-wheeler, on East Coast Road on Monday.Raja, a resident of Pillayar Koil Street in Injambakkam, used to run a saloon at Thriuvallur Nagar in Thiruvanmiyur. On Monday morning, he dropped his mother-in-law at the bus stand in Thiruvanmiyur and was returning home when a dog ran across the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the animal, skidded and sustained head injuries that proved to be fatal.
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