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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsA computer-generated sketch of a man accused of robbing a septuagenarian astrologer was released by TP Chatram police on Tuesday.On July 26, a man, said to be around 22 years of age, accompanied by a 28-year-old woman, approached Subbulakshmi (72), an astrologer from Mandapam Road, TP Chatram, police said. The duo then snatched the elderly woman’s gold chain, bangles and rings weighing a total of over six sovereigns.The man apparently visited the astrologer a few times before, asking her to find a suitable alliance for him. “He visited the woman continuously for three days between 11 am and 2 pm,” a police official confirmed.When he approached Subbulakshmi for the third consecutive day, citing the same reason, she asked him to get out, reasoning that she could ascertain a match only if he brought along a prospective bride’s horoscope.This angered the man, who snatched her chain, ring and pulled out her earrings, injuring her in the process, police said.Class IX Student Commits SuicideA class nine student died at a hospital on Monday, a week after he hanged himself upset over his parents’ decision not to allow him to stay at home instead of school hostel.Police said that the boy, who was studying in a residential school at Ponneri, had asked his parents if he could stay at home and go to school instead of staying in hostel. He hanged himself on July 29 after parents asked him to go to the hostel. Though the parents rushed him to hospital, he did not respond to treatment.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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A computer-generated sketch of a man accused of robbing a septuagenarian astrologer was released by TP Chatram police on Tuesday.

On July 26, a man, said to be around 22 years of age, accompanied by a 28-year-old woman, approached Subbulakshmi (72), an astrologer from Mandapam Road, TP Chatram, police said. The duo then snatched the elderly woman’s gold chain, bangles and rings weighing a total of over six sovereigns.

The man apparently visited the astrologer a few times before, asking her to find a suitable alliance for him. “He visited the woman continuously for three days between 11 am and 2 pm,” a police official confirmed.

When he approached Subbulakshmi for the third consecutive day, citing the same reason, she asked him to get out, reasoning that she could ascertain a match only if he brought along a prospective bride’s horoscope.

This angered the man, who snatched her chain, ring and pulled out her earrings, injuring her in the process, police said.

Class IX Student Commits Suicide

A class nine student died at a hospital on Monday, a week after he hanged himself upset over his parents’ decision not to allow him to stay at home instead of school hostel.Police said that the boy, who was studying in a residential school at Ponneri, had asked his parents if he could stay at home and go to school instead of staying in hostel. He hanged himself on July 29 after parents asked him to go to the hostel. Though the parents rushed him to hospital, he did not respond to treatment.