Flyover snatchers strike again
LAJPAT NAGAR 26yearold grievously injured after falling off auto while resisting robbery bid near Moolchand flyover, which has seen several such incidents in the recent past
A 26-year-old woman from Manipur was grievously injured after she fell out of a moving auto while trying to fight off while trying to resist a snatching bid in south Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar on Sunday night.
The woman skid and her face hit the road near the Moolchand flyover. She broke her teeth and received injuries on her face, limbs, and abdomen. She was admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre and later discharged.
Romil Baaniya, deputy commissioner of police (southeast), said, “We have registered a case of robbery and are looking for the snatchers.”
The snatching took place close to the spot, where a similar incident took place on December 29, 2016, in which a 39-year-old woman from Darjeeling was injured and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital for over 15 days. Around the same time 3-4 cases of snatching were reported from the spot.
In the present case, the woman employed in the credit card division of a private bank was returning to her rented flat in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar when the crime took place around 8 pm. Her cousin, who didn’t want to be named, told Hindustan Times that around 7 pm, she had gone to Maharani Bagh market to buy a mobile phone.
After buying the phone, the woman withdrew some money from an ATM and then hired an auto to reach home. Around 8 pm, when the three-wheeler descended the Lajpat Nagar flyover, two men on a motorcycle started riding parallel to the auto. The woman was sitting on the left side. The woman’s friend said the pillion rider suddenly tried to snatch the woman’s bag. The Auto driver pAniCs. TAkes her to SAfdArjung hospitAl. She seeks help from some men who CAll the poliCe Control room. Two men on A motorCyCle snAtCh her BAg. She fAlls out of the moving Auto while resisting the roBBery.
“Since my friend was clutching on to the bag, she tried to fight them but they were speeding. The biker then gave a final tug with such a force that she fell out of the auto,” said the woman’s friend.
The bikers managed to flee with the bag that contained an iPhone, ATM cards, identity cards and a little over ₹2,000 in cash. She, however, managed to retain her new phone that she used to call her father in Manipur despite bleeding profusely.
Seeing her condition, the auto driver offered to drop her to Safdarjung Hospital. However, the driver was so nervous that he lost track and reached Munirka.
The woman sought help from some men in Munirka. One of them called the police and the woman was rushed to AIIMS in a police van. Her friends have alleged that there was a delay of over five hours in the treatment and she was discharged only after preliminary medical aid.
“We returned to the hospital again on Monday afternoon when my cousin complained of severe pain,” the woman’s cousin said.