Hyderabad: Seven chain snatching cases in two hours keeps cops on toes
Two chain snatchings were reported at Uppal and one each at Nacharam, Chikalguda, Ramgopalpet and Osmania University.
Hyderabad: A gang of bike-borne offenders went on a chain snatching spree, flicking gold chains from seven women within two hours in the city and on the outskirts, sending the police into tizzy on Saturday morning.
Police suspect at least four offenders from North India came to the city and committed the offences. The two bike-borne assailants first struck at Uppal and snatched chains from two women in Rajadhani area and Kalyanpuri.
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Both the victims, S Pullamma and Rajeshwari, were aged around 70 years and the snatchers made away with gold chains weighing 2.5 tolas and 3 tolas from them. While one of the victims was on a morning walk in front of her house, the other was waiting for a relative and speaking over phone when the miscreants snatched her chain.
The offenders then reportedly headed to Nacharam and after snatching a gold chain weighing around 5 tolas from one Vimala, struck at Habsiguda and snatched a gold chain weighing 2.5 tolas from Janakamma, who was standing on the roadside.
As the police in Rachakonda and Hyderabad went on an alert following the series of chain snatchings, the gang moved into Chilkalguda police station limits area and targeted two women, Manga and Laxmi, who were on a morning walk. The gang snatched gold chains weighing 3 tolas and 7 tolas from them.
They then targeted a woman who was out to buy a packet of milk at Ramgopalpet and snatched a 2.5 tola-gold chain from her.
The police in the tri-commissionerates of Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda intensified vehicle checking and increased patrolling. The police later learned that the offenders had stolen a bike from Koti area of Hyderabad and went around snatching gold chains.
“We are jointly working with the Hyderabad police to nab the offenders. We will get them soon,” Rachakonda Police Commissioner DS Chauhan said.
Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand said the police had identified the gang members who are from North India. “Special teams are on to nab them. We suspect at least four persons had come and committed offences,” he told Telangana Today.
