Chennai: The police have arrested a man for threatening at knife-point and robbing a vendor sleeping on the pavement in the Koyambedu market area.
According to the police, Murugan (48), a vendor of Koyambedu market, was sleeping on the pavement when around 1 am a man, identified as Saran, threatened him with a knife and took Rs 300 and a mobile phone.
At this time, Inspector Madheswar, on night rounds, saw Saran fleeing with the money and caught him. The police said Saran has four cases of robbery against him.
He is now in police custody.