Sindhu Kannan

Chennai

Assistant Editor at The Times of India

Assistant editor, Times of India...covering crime...

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Elderly couple killed in Valasaravakkam fire

3 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

Chennai: A fire at a bungalow in Valasaravakkam claimed the lives of an elderly couple on Sunday afternoon. Their grandson and maid jumped from the first floor to escape the blaze.The fire broke out at a G+2 (three-storey) bungalow on fourth street, Savithri Nagar, Valasaravakkam, where Natarajan, 78, a retired lawyer, lived with his wife Thangam, 73, who was bedridden due to health issues.
Two goons kill each other in drunken brawl at b’day party

3 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

TrendingChennai: Two youths with criminal backgrounds killed each other in a drunken brawl at a birthday celebration in Maraimalai Nagarearly Sunday morning, onlookers told police.
Man sets former girlfriend on fire in Chennai

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

CHENNAI: A youth set his ex-girlfriend on fire in full public view near Navalur on Wednesday night, enraged that she had ended their relationship. The woman, 19-year-old Gayathri, is battling for life at a private hospital at Kelambakkam. Gayathri, who is from Cuddalore, was in the second year of her B Tech course at a private engineering college at Navalur and was staying in a women’s hostel. Police said she had been in a relationship with her cousin, Rathnam, while she was in school.
Chennai senior citizen conned twice in a fortnight by cyber fraudsters

2 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

NewsChennai senior citizen conned twice in a fortnight by cyber fraudstersCHENNAI: An 80-year-old man, who retired as managing director of a private firm, lost Rs 1.4 lakh to cyber scammers who struck twice in two weeks. R Santhanam, a resident of Velachery, says he now dreads receiving phone calls. “I have always been cautious with my financial dealings, but these fraudsters sound so convincing. I feel humiliated and helpless.
Madhya Kailash turns choke point

2 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

Chennai: The twin traffic junctions — Madhya Kailash and Adyar Cancer Institute — which serve as critical links to Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), Adyar, Guindy and Saidapet, have emerged as the city's newest chicken necks, leading to vehicular pile-ups stretching upto Indira Nagar MRTS station on OMR and Anna University and beyond on Sardar Patel Road.
Insta ‘friend’ leads teen to extortion gang

3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

Chennai: A 17-year-old boy, who wrote his Class XII examinations recently, on Wednesday went to meet a ‘friend' he met through Instagram, only to be bundled into an autorickshaw by some gangsters who blackmailed him saying they would tell his family that he was stealing from them if he did not bring them 1 lakh cash and gold. They also threatened to harm his family if he approached police.
Teen riding two-wheeler leaves 76-year-old man bedridden

4 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

NewsTeen riding two-wheeler leaves 76-year-old man bedriddenChennai: A 76-year-old man, who once led an active life, now lies confined to his bed after being struck by a scooter driven by a minor at Saligramam. The minor, who caused the accident four days ago, has been sent to a juvenile home for violation of the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules and his mother was arrested and later released on bail.
Underage driving: 14-year-old boy crashes dad’s car in Chennai; hits auto, pedestrian

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

NewsUnderage driving: 14-year-old boy crashes dad’s car in Chennai; hits auto, pedestrianChennai: A juvenile aged 14 years, who took his father's car for a joy ride with his 13-year-old friend, lost control of the vehicle and rammed an autorickshaw and an elderly pedestrian before crashing into a tree at Vadapalani. Two people were injured. The Pondy Bazaar traffic investigation police summoned the parents of the boys and took a written undertaking from them.
Murder: Man stages accident, kills partner days before engagement in Chennai

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

NewsCity Newschennai NewsMurder: Man stages accident, kills partner days before engagement in ChennaiTrendingChennai: A 24-year-old woman, set to be engaged, was found dead on Wednesday morning. The family presumed she had died in a road accident, but a police inquiry revealed it to be murder, and that her boyfriend was the culprit. He has been arrested. Police said Vigneswari from Kolathur, worked at a private factory in Pillaiyarpakkam.
Honey-trapping incident: Gang uses Grindr to lure student, rob him of gold, cash and mobile phone

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Sindhu Kannan

Chennai: A seven-member gang deployed Grindr, an online dating app to honeytrap a college student and rob him of 10,000, a smartphone, and a gold bracelet on Tuesday. Police arrested the gang members on Wednesday. The 20-year-old victim hailing from Winterpet in Arakkonam district had downloaded the app and accepted a friend request from an account he believed to be that of a woman.