Woman who visited the temple robbed of 7.5-sovereign jewellery by a man pretending to be an officer in Coimbatore

Coimbatore: Palaniappan's wife Kaliammal is a 70-year old farmer from Nettayampalayam in Namakkal district. Her husband is diagnosed with cancer. For this he is admitted to a private hospital in Pappanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore where he is undergoing treatment. She went to the Perumal temple in the area on Monday morning to perform darshan. At that time, a young man who was dressed like an officer was standing in front of the temple.

The man told her that he is a government official and that she is not allowed to wear jewellery inside the temple. The elderly woman then handed over her jewellery to the young man. The man put the jewellery on a piece of paper and the old woman who got this went inside. When she saw the piece of paper after offering prayers, it had no jewellery in it. The old woman reported the matter to the Racecourse Police Station.

Police have registered a case and are looking for the unidentified person who stole the 7.5- sovereign gold chain from the old lady who visited the temple.