One of the three Uttar Pradesh natives, who the Coimbatore City Police arrested after shooting them in their legs on Saturday for their involvement in serial burglaries in Kavundampalayam, died at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as I. Asif, 45, of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. Asif was admitted to the intensive care unit, but died without responding to treatment around 11 a.m. on Sunday, according to CMCH authorities.
A senior police officer said reasons for his death would be known after the post-mortem. His accomplices Kallu Arif, 60, and A. Irfan, 48, are undergoing treatment at the same hospital. A team of the city police arrested the three men after shooting them in their right legs, below the knee, in B.K. Pudur near Kuniyamuthur. The police claimed that they resorted to firing as the arrested attacked a constable with a sickle during a bid to escape.
According to the police, Asif, Arif, and Irfan came to the city on November 27 on the invitation of two men from Uttar Pradesh, who were engaged in the door-to-door sale of utensils in the city. They were staying along with 10 others from the same State at a rented house in B.K. Pudur.
The three accused stayed with them and burgled 13 flats at the Tamil Nadu Housing Board complex in Kavundampalayam, stealing 42 sovereigns of gold and 500 grams of silver jewellery and around ₹1.5 lakh cash, on Friday afternoon. They were traced to the B.K. Pudur house using footage from surveillance cameras.
Published – November 30, 2025 07:08 pm IST
