Man shot at while chasing snatchers

NEWDELHI:A 42-year-old man was shot in his stomach when he tried to take on two motorcycle-borne men who tried to snatch his wife’s gold chain in central Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar on Tuesday night, police said.

Ashok Kumar, an engineer, was admitted at BL Kapoor Hospital outside which the crime occurred. A bullet lodged in his abdomen was removed after surgery. Hospital authorities said he was critical but stable.

His wife is a medical coordinator in the bone marrow transplant division of the hospital.

They took away a piece of the gold chain and a locket.