Another woman falls prey to snatchers
Robbed of `50,000, 2 mobile phones
NEW DELHI: Another woman has become the latest victim of snatching in the national capital with her purse containing cash of Rs 50,000 and two mobile phones wrenched from her grasp by two persons when she was alighting from an auto-rickshaw on Saturday.
Based on a complaint by victim Damayanti Ben Modi, police have registered a case and later identified the two snatchers.
The incident happened soon after Damayanti Ben reached Delhi from Amritsar in the morning.
Two persons on a scooter snatched the woman’s purse containing Rs 50,000, two mobile phones, some documents and other valuables around 7 am when she got down at the Gujrati Samaj Bhawan in North Delhi’s Civil Lines area, a senior police officer said.
The incident occurred a few kilometres away from the residence of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Damayanti Ben had a flight to Ahmedabad in the evening.
She informed police and on her statement, the case under section 356 (assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person) and 379 (punishment for theft) was registered at Civil Lines police station, they said.
Police said that they have examined the CCTV footage of nearby areas and identified the two accused persons and claimed that they will be arrested soon.
“I came to Delhi and reached Gujarati Samaj Bhavan on Saturday morning. I was scheduled to take a flight to Gujarat in the evening. I was getting off the auto-rickshaw when the snatchers targeted me,” the woman said.
In the past couple of months, several incidents of snatching have been reported in the national capital.