Overview
- I. Asif, 45, of Ghazipur died at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Sunday, while Kallu Arif, 60, and A. Irfan, 48, remain under treatment.
- Police say the trio attacked officers with sickles during arrest, injuring Head Constable Parthiban, prompting shots that hit all three in the right leg.
- Investigators allege the men burgled 13 flats at the Kavundampalayam TNHB complex, taking 42 sovereigns of gold, about 500 g of silver items, and roughly ₹1.5 lakh.
- The post-mortem on Asif was conducted Monday at CMCH, videographed in the presence of Eighth Judicial Magistrate R. Sakthi Manjari.
- Police report the group planned further burglaries in Ramanathapuram and had reserved AC return train tickets; autorickshaw driver R. Ayubkhan was arrested, and probes into alleged facilitators continue.