KANNUR: CPM municipal councillor arrested in connection with the case of snatching an elderly woman's gold necklace in Koothuparamba and fleeing. The arrested thief is PP Rajesh. Rajesh was a member of the CPM Koothuparamba East local committee and the councillor of the fourth ward. The CPM expelled him. The district secretary announced that action has been taken against Rajesh for acting in a way that tarnished the party's reputation. Rajesh stole a one-and-a-half-sovereign necklace from P Janaki of Kunnummal House in Kaniyarkunnu on Thursday around 12:30 pm.

A man wearing a helmet came on a scooter and snatched Janaki's necklace when she was cutting fish near her house. A piece of the necklace broke off during the scuffle and remained in Janaki's hands. The accused had escaped by the ti

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