Chain-snatchers arrested

Gold chain and two-wheeler worth Rs. 80,000 recovered

Mysore/Mysuru: Nazarbad Police, on Aug. 13, have arrested two chain-snatchers who had yanked off a gold chain of a woman, who was on her morning walk at K.C. Layout in city on Aug. 8 morning. The Police have recovered the gold chain worth Rs. 60,000 and a Passion Plus bike (KA-09-EE-673) stolen from Nanjangud Rural Police limits worth Rs. 20,000.

On Aug. 8 at about 7.15 am, the woman, who had gone for her morning walk, went to purchase milk from a shop located on the 7th Cross at K.C. Layout. The two chain-snatchers, who were on a bike, kept following her and later one of them got down from the bike, followed the woman for a distance and tried to snatch the gold chain. As the woman held on to the chain, the chain broke and the miscreant was able to snatch a part of the gold chain. He then hopped on the waiting bike and sped away.

Nazarbad Police, who had registered a case, conducted investigation and arrested the two chain-snatchers on Aug. 13.

DCP (Crime & Traffic) S. Jahnavi and Devaraja Sub-Division ACP Shanthamallappa guided Nazarbad Inspector K. Jeevan, Sub-Inspectors Srinivas Patil, Siddabai Mamadapura and staff B.V. Prakash, Satishkumar S. Kiran Rathod, Mallikarjuna, M. Sanju and CDR Division’s P. Kumar in the nabbing operation.

This post was published on August 23, 2023 7:34 pm