2 chain-snatching gangs held, 900 gm gold seized in Hyderabad
Task force DCP B Limba Reddy said the duo was involved in 18 chain-snatching cases.
Hyderabad: The commissioner’s task force busted two chain snatching gangs on Saturday and arrested four persons, including two students, from the city and recovered property worth Rs 27 lakh, including 900 grams of gold ornaments from them.
In a case, at Asif Nagar, the police caught Mohammed Mohsin Ali Shah, 25, alias Shareef, belonging to Chappal Bazaar, who was working as a mobile technician in Koti and his associate Syed Jameel Hussain, 19, of Koti, doing degree at the RG Kedia Degree & PG College.
Task force DCP B. Limba Reddy said the duo was involved in 18 chain-snatching cases. Their images were captured by CCTV cameras. The police caught them using that.
He said the police recovered property worth Rs 23 lakh, including gold ornaments weighing about 77.8 tolas, two bikes, and three phones from them.
The police also nabbed two students, Khaja Fareeduddin Quadri alias Fareed, 20, of Vijay Nagar Colony and Mustafa Khan, 20, of Asif Nagar.
“They were arrested for robbery in 2013 and in 2014. But, after coming out in March 2016, they again snatched chains,” said DCP Reddy. Gold ornaments weighing 13.1 tolas and a bike were recovered from them, he said.