TAMIL NADU: The Puthalpattu police of Chittoor division on Sunday morning chased an SUV on its way towards Tamil Nadu from Tirupati and intercepted it at Murakambattu on the busy Bengaluru national highway, 10 km from here, and seized 19 logs and the vehicle worth over Rs. 50 lakh.
The Puthalapattu police said that acting on a tip-off, the SUV was stopped at Puthalapattu, but had to be chased when the inmates tried to give a slip to the raid party. Abandoning the vehicle on Chittoor outskirts, the inmates fled. A special party was pressed into action to nab the fugitives.
