BENGALURU: Basaveshwaranagar police have arrested a producer of short films who had resorted to snatching gold chains from women in the city to finance his projects. He had escaped from a police station after diverting the police and was hiding in Anantapur in AP for the last two weeks.
The culprit has been identified as Prathap alias Rangu, (36) a resident of Mahalakshmi Layout. He lived with his wife and two sons. Police said he was involved in about eight cases of chain snatching in the city.
A senior cop said Prathap was brought to the police station two weeks ago for interrogation. He, however, said that he wanted to attend nature’s call and ran away.
Police were on the lookout for him since then. On Saturday, he came to MS Building near KR Circle to meet a friend when he was nabbed. Prathap would walk around late in the night and would snatch gold chains from woman who were sleeping outside their houses and close to the door.