Garment container from Tirupur hijacked near Chennai: TEA

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Press Trust of India Coimbatore
Last Updated : Feb 07 2017 | 6:42 PM IST
A container carrying export garments worth Rs 50 lakhs, from Tirupur was claimed to have been driven away by unidentified persons after assaulting the driver, near Chennai, an exporters' body said today.
According to Tirupur Exporters' Association(TEA), the culprits had intercepted the container yesterday morning at Perungalathur near Chennai and attacked the driver and drove away.
In a release here, they alleged that the driver, who was dumped near Sriperambudur reached Peerkankaranai police station and tried to lodge a complaint.
However, he was asked to go to Sriperambudur police station, it said.
Stating that the container was yet to be traced, the association demanded safety for the shipments of exporters in future.

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First Published: Feb 07 2017 | 6:42 PM IST

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