Chain-snatchers strike again in Hyderabad, loot 12 tolas of gold

Hyderabad: Chain-snatchers struck repeatedly in the city again, as two women were  relieved of their gold ornaments in Rajendranagar area Wednesday,  while another woman was targeted the previous night in Kushaiguda.

The  victims lost altogether about 12 tolas of gold. The series of snatchings came even as police is on high alert and arrested members of a notorious interstate chain-snatching gang, recovering 2.25 kg of  gold from them a day ago.

The first incident happened in Hyderguda area. Laxmi bai, 65, a housewife from  Rajapushpa apartment complex in Laxminagar colony was returning from a  temple to her home by foot. When she was about 100 metres away from  her home, two bikers came in from the opposite direction. “They parked the bike behind her. The pillion rider got down, walked up to her and snatched her gold chain weighing around six tolas. In a jiffy, he got  on to the bike and the two men drove away,” said Rajendranagar  inspector V. Umender.

In the second incident, a 38-year housewife was relieved of a part of  her three-tola gold chain in Langarhouz  area while she  was standing in front of her house around 8.30am. In another incident, a 39-year-old housewife in Moulali Housing Board colony was  relieved of her three-tola gold chain.


 

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