Man held for stealing mobile phone in Aminjikarai

A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a mobile phone from a hotel cashier in Aminjikarai under the pretext of making an urgent call.

The complainant, Selvakumaran, 59, a resident of Guduvanchery, works as a cashier at a hotel in NSK Nagar, Aminjikarai. According to the police, on March 28, Selvakumaran was at the hotel when Ayyappan, 30, a former car driver of the hotel owner, who had recently quit his job, visited the premises.