HYDERABAD: Two chain snatchings were reported in the city in a short period under Cyberabad commissionerate late on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. The snatchers snatched gold chains from unsuspecting passers-by at KPHB and Jeedimetla.
In both incidents, they were captured in CC cameras. Police have deployed special teams to nab the offenders.
Around 8.30pm on Tuesday, at Road no 2 of KPHB, a lone offender struck a woman at an apartment and escaped with her gold chain weighing around 3 grams. CC cameras showed the snatcher running out of the apartment.
In another incident at Jeedimetla at around 9.50pm on Tuesday, when a woman was walking home after work, a bike-borne snatcher approached her from the front and snatched her 2.5 tola gold chain. Police found out that the snatcher wore a face mask and had no helmet.
Meanwhile, police have sounded an alert in the neighbouring police station as well for any clues on the snatchers.