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Chain-snatch suspect shot dead by city cops
The New Indian Express
|March 27, 2025
Police open fire in self-defence’ after Jaffar, taken to Taramani to recover bike used for crime, pulls out a pistol and shoots two rounds
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A day after three men were arrested by the Greater Chennai Police (GCP) for their alleged involvement in six chain snatching incidents on Tuesday, one of the suspects, 26year-old Jaffar Gulam Hussain Irani from Maharashtra, was killed in an "encounter" by the city police on Wednesday morning.
According to the police, they shot him in "self-defence" after he allegedly fired two rounds at them from a country-made pistol hidden in the stolen bike used for the crimes.
The "encounter" occurred under the Taramani railway bridge when a police team led by Taramani police inspector (L&O) Buhari and two personnel took him there to recover the vehicle.
Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police A Arun, in a press meet on Wednesday, said that Jaffar fired twice at the police but missed. Buhari then fired back, killing Jaffar.
This story is from the March 27, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express.
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