Coin-cidence saves Samaritan from being shot by robber

KEEPING a lot of loose change in his pocket saved a man’s life when he was hit by a bullet fired by a robber, reported Malaysia Nanban.

Sanjay Duttaram Mayekar of Mumbai was being a Good Samaritan when he managed to apprehend a man who had just robbed a businessman. Just then, the man pulled out a home-made gun and fired at him.

The bullet hit him on the hip, but the many coins that he had kept in his pocket prevented the bullet from causing any serious harm.

The bullet pierced through the coins and only slightly injured the 44-year-old.

The drama took place near Kumbharwada on Thursday and Sanjay has been sent to hospital.

> Makkal Osai reported on Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk S.K. Devamany’s call for Indian students to strive harder and excel in their studies.

He said they would be unable to take part in the country’s rapid development if they continued to lag behind in their education. He also advised them not to waste the opportunities that had been provided by the Government.

> Tamil Nesan reported about a 41-year-old trickster whose victim turned the tables on him in Singanallur, Coimbatore.

The man had posed as an astrologer and told the 50-year-old woman that her husband, who had left her, would come back if she took off her gold ear studs and gave them to him.

Sensing that shehadbeen duped, thewoman contacted the man and told him that her husband had really come back and that other women in her village also needed his service.

When the man came by, the woman and her friends ambushed him and summoned the police.