Two robbery accused get 10-year rigorous imprisonment

Allikulam Additional Sessions Court campus has convicted and sentenced two robbery accused to 10-year-rigorous imprisonment for chasing a pedestrian and making him fall under the wheel of an MTC bus on Poonamallee High Road in Egmore in 2018.

According to police, on October, 14, 2018, the man — aged around 25 years and was apparently from north India — was walking from Chennai Central to Egmore when auto driver M. Devan, 30, of Santhosh Nagar and mechanic V. Kamal alias Madurai Muthu, 28, of the same area, who were drunk, intercepted him and demanded tobacco. The victim avoided the drunk men and tried to walk away. The duo followed him and attacked him by pushing him onto the iron gate of a hotel. When he tried to run away, they chased him. The man slipped from the pavement and fell on the road. An MTC bus, going towards Koyambedu from Broadway, ran over him. Then, the duo escaped from the area.

Initially, the case was registered by Anna Square Traffic Investigation Police for suspicious death. Later, the case was transferred to Egmore Police. At the conclusion of trial, the court held the duo guilty and sentenced them to 10-year-rigorous imprisonment. They were imposed fine of Rs 10,000.