"chain-snatching"

The arrested, S Shiva Kumar, 35, allegedly snatched a gold chain weighing two-and-half tolas from a woman on Wednesday near the Dadu's Sweets bus stop

A mob of locals, including women, attacked the police team with stones, iron rods and sticks when the jeeps had stopped at a railway crossing, he said.

There was a 39% decrease in grave crimes, chain snatching by 43% and dacoity by 60%, informed Rachakonda CP Mahesh Bhagwat