The Adyar police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the robbery of ₹24 lakh from a pharmaceutical company sales manager on Sardar Patel Road on September 24. The arrested was identified as Babu Gnanaprakasam of VOC Nagar in Adyar.
The robbery occurred around 9.30 p.m. on September 24 near the Ambika Appalam signal, when Anthony Augustine, 33, a sales manager with Asian Pharma International in West Tambaram, was returning home on his two-wheeler after collecting payments from medicine distributors.
Augustine was carrying ₹24 lakh in a black leather bag when a six-member gang on three two-wheelers intercepted him and rammed their vehicles into his two-wheeler, causing him to fall. One of the suspects threatened him with a knife, forcing him to flee. The gang then left with the cash. Augustine lodged a complaint with the Adyar police around 10.30 p.m. Efforts are on to trace other accused.
Published - October 15, 2026 08:28 pm IST