Youth arrested for theft at Army officer’s house in Chennai’s Fort St. George

The Fort police in Chennai have arrested a 25-year-old youth for allegedly trespassing into the house of an Army officer at Fort St. George and stealing a mobile phone and a wristwatch. 

According to the police, the Army officer’s family resides in a house within the Fort St. George complex, while the officer is currently posted in Jammu. His wife and other family members are staying at the house.

In the early hours of Sunday (October 18, 2026), the officer’s wife woke up after hearing a noise and found an unidentified man inside the house. She who noticed that her mobile phone and wristwatch were stolen, locked the man inside a room, came out and then alerted the police control room.

Personnel from the Fort police station rushed to the spot, apprehended the suspect and took him to the police station. Based on a complaint lodged by the officer’s wife, the police registered a case and launched an investigation.

Police identified the accused as Santhosh, 25, a native of Raichur taluk in Karnataka. The investigation revealed that he had left home following a quarrel with his family about 40 days ago and had come to Chennai, where he was doing odd jobs.

He was caught while allegedly trespassing into the Army officer’s house and stealing the valuables. The police recovered the stolen mobile phone and wristwatch from him.

Santhosh was produced before a court on Sunday and remanded to judicial custody.