"chain-snatching"

The police told the reporters that the suspects were involved in similar offences at various police stations across the city.

Police had booked a case after the chain of an elderly woman Manemma was snatched by taking her to a secluded place

The woman, Lakshmi (55) was busy cleaning the dust and waste in front of her house, when an unidentified person, wearing a mask approached her asking for a glass of water.

Two snatchers came on a bike and flicked gold chain from the woman

Laxmi (40) was walking alone on the road when an unidentified man who came following her, snatched her gold chain weighing about four tolas

According to the police officials, the gang targeted pedestrians and motorists on secluded roads and robbed them by threatening with lethal weapons

According to the police, the trio was not satisfied with the income they earned through their meager paying jobs and decided to commit offences for easy money.

Sripada Somalakshmi was performing puja outside her village when the snatchers, who came on a bike, snatched her four tola gold mangalasutra

Sixty-four-year-old Alamuri Krishna Kumari was returning from her evening walk near Eco Country Apartment when a suspect snatched her 3-tola mangalsutra and fled on a scooter. She sustained minor neck injuries during the incident.

Borlakunta Rajender was apprehended on the charges of snatching a gold chain from a woman in Jannaram mandal centre on Thursday

U Sagar (24), a private school van driver from Lingampally was arrested for chain snatching offences at Alkapur Colony in Narsingi on Wednesday.

Two young Bidar residents were arrested on the charge of snatching a gold chain from a woman in broad daylight at Khaleelpur village in Nyalkal mandal on September 6.

The five persons Mohd Zaker (28) a car driver, Mohd Asif (35) a plumber, Shaik Mohiuddin (26), Aijaz Khan (28) and Mohd Azam (28), all three labourers were caught by the Falaknuma police.

The arrested are Sunith Kumar, Ravi and Rajesh, who were committing chain snatching in the city.

The gang had flicked away gold chains from women in Jawaharnagar, Shamirpet, and Cheryala police station limits in Siddipet.

In the first case, the police arrested a couple Arun Kumar alias Nanny (23), and his wife Anuradha alias Nikki (20), along with Rambabu (20) and a minor boy.

The offenders escaped when chased by the Osmania University students

The couple had mortgaged the gold chain with a person at Hyderabad and took some money for their needs.

The arrested person is Ch. Veeraraghavulu Akash (23), a food delivery executive from New Bhoiguda in Secunderabad.

Chandanagar police arrested an interstate chain snatching gang from Maharashtra involved in several cases