2 WOMEN LOSE CHAINS, SAME GANG SUSPECTED

Chain snatchers struck at two places on Monday morning, stealing gold chains from two women in the Rachakonda police commissionerate area. The two incidents occurred within 20 minutes of each other, and about 3.5 km apart.

LB nagar DCP M. Venkateswar Rao said that the snatchers in both incidents could be the same and five teams had been deputed to nab them.

In the first incident, Ms Radha, 52, was on her way to a nearby temple to offer pujas. She turned into a lane near the temple when she noticed two persons coming towards her on a motorcycle.

“Within seconds, they came close to me and the pillion rider pulled my chain and they sped away.” she said.

In the second incident, Ms Aruna, 50, a resident of Gayatrinagar, was collecting flowers outside her house. “Two persons on a motorcycle snatched my five-tola gold chain and sped away,” Ms Aruna said. Robbery cases were registered in both incidents.