Telangana: Armed snatcher targets old woman

Hyderabad: A weapon-wielding unidentified snatcher targeted an elderly couple in Keesara on Friday evening followed by a four hour long operation by the Rachakonda police to nab the suspect. When the suspect approached the couple, the woman raised alarm forcing him to flee from the spot, leaving behind his bike and country-made firearm. Police suspect the same offender was involved in a snatching incident on Thursday. According to sources, Dasarath, 65, and his wife Balanjali, 60, residents of Yanampet in Ghatkesar mandal, were on their way home from Kondapur on their bike.

When they reached the rice mill in Karimguda village in Keesara mandal, an unknown person riding a Pulsar bike intercepted their bike. He got down from his bike, approached the elderly couple and threatened the woma to give away her gold jewellery. Shocked seeing a firearm, the couple raised alarm and a few persons at the rice mill rushed to their aid. The suspect took to heels, leaving behind his bike and the firearm. Cops rushed to the spot and also launched a hunt to nab the suspect.  

After combing the surroundings for over two hours, they traced the suspect and apprehended him. Meanwhile, a woman had lost her gold chain to a snatcher in Rampalli village under the Keesara police station limit on Thursday. In this incident also, the snatcher was seen moving on a red Pulsar bike. “The cases are still under investigation,” said a senior official from Rachakonda.