Hyderabad: The chain snatching cases seem to be increasing in the city and the public is afraid to go on roads or even in the colonies. In a recent incident. The latest incident took place in Kakatiya Colony in LB Nagar, where a 50-year-old woman was targeted while walking on the street. The entire incident was captured on CCTV cameras installed on the premises.
The victim was walking on the street when a bike-borne miscreant approached her from behind and snatched her gold chain. The incident took place in a matter of seconds, and the miscreant fled the scene immediately. The police have launched an investigation into the incident and are currently reviewing the footage from the CCTV cameras. Similarly, on Wednesday, some unidentified persons snatched away a gold chain, bracelet, and cash from a man at Attapur on Tuesday night.
The victim, Santosh was going on the Attapur road when two persons stopped him and threatened him with a knife. The duo forcefully took a gold chain, bracelet, and cash from him. After the offenders left, the man informed the police who reached the spot and started efforts to nab the offenders. A case is registered.
It is to mention here that the State police sounded an alert after six chain-snatching incidents within two hours in Hyderabad on Saturday. The chain-snatching gang went berserk by committing offenses at different places in Secunderabad on Saturday morning.
The offenses were reported between 6.20 am and 8.10 am. Two chain snatchings were reported at Uppal and one each at Nacharam, Chikalguda, Ramgopalpet, and Osmania University, sending the police into a tizzy.
Following the incidents, police in all three police commissioners (Hyderabad, Secunderabad, and Rachakonda) sounded an alert. Police suspect that an inter-state gang from Delhi may be involved in the crimes.
As the offenders are likely to escape to Delhi, police stepped up vigil at airports, railway stations, and bus stations. Police also launched vehicle checks to catch the offenders. A vehicle used by chain snatchers in Secunderabad was found in the Paradise area.
Ramgopalpet police seized the vehicle. Police are scanning the CCTV footage of the incidents. Images of two suspects were captured on CCTV in one of the incidents. The first incident was reported from the Rajadhani colony in Uppal at 6.20 am. Twenty minutes later, another woman lost her gold chain to bike-borne snatchers at the Kalyanpuri colony in Uppal. The two cases were registered at the Uppal police station of Rachakonda Commissionerate.
Around 7.10 am, the gang snatched the chain of another woman at Nagendra Nagar under the Nacharam police station of Rachakonda Commissionerate. About 30 minutes later, the gang snatched the chain of another woman at Ravindra Nagar under the Osmania University police station of Hyderabad Commissionerate. Two more incidents were near Ramalayam Gundu under the Chilkalguda police station and another under Ramgopalpet police station limits.
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