Though the snatchers escaped at that moment, police after examining CCTV camera footage identified and apprehended one of them, a senior officer said.
A 65-year-old woman suffered injuries when a criminal snatched her bag in Delhi's Chittaranjan Park area Saturday night.
A case under FIR No. 236/2021 U/S 356/379/411/34 IPC has been registered at New Usmanpur police station in Delhi and the efforts to nab the second accused are on. Police have said the arrested accused has been found involved in previous four cases of snatching.
A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death in the national capital and another left wounded by robbers as the duo caught hold of a man who attempted to run after snatching a mobile.
A 20-year-old unemployed man has been arrested for allegedly killing his neighbour in an attempt to snatch his gold chain in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday.
Four men have been arrested for allegedly smashing the rear window of a judge's car and fleeing with her bag containing a wallet, documents and debit cards. The incident had occurred at a traffic signal near the Okhla Industrial area on September 9.
Based on a complaint by her, police registered a case and later identified the two snatchers, one of whom Gaurav alias Nonu was arrested from Sonipat where he was staying at a relative's house, police said.
The police got the clue from the CCTV footage and several teams were deployed to nab the criminals. One of these teams identified them, who were from Delhi, Mittal said.
Thirty nine robbed mobile phones were recovered from the accused along with the motorcycle which was found to be stolen from New Usmanpur area, a senior officer said.
The woman was on her way to a nearby temple around 4.30 am when three bike-borne men tried to snatch her bag, they said.
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