Chain snatchers nabbed with Rs 3 lakh booty

Bhilai, Sep 07: With the arrest of two ruffians, police claimed to have solved three cases of chain snatching which occurred in the limits of Old Bhilai, Bhilai Bhatti and Bhilai Nagar Police Stations. The accused used to roam on two-wheelers and target the pedestrian women. Police recovered 03 nos gold chain and 02 nos two-wheelers used in the crime. It was a joint action of Anti Crime and Cyber Unit (ACCU) Durg and Old Bhilai Police Station, Bhilai Nagar Police Station and Bhilai Bhatti Police Station.

While addressing media persons here at Police Control Room on Wednesday, ASP (City) Sanjay Dhruv informed that taking a serious note of the frequent incidents of chain snatching, Superintendent of Police Dr Abhishek Pallava had instructed to trap the offenders and recover the stolen items. In compliance with the SP’s order, a joint team of ACCU and various police stations started working under the guidance of ASP (City) Sanjay Dhruv; CSP (Chhawani) Kaushalendra Patel and DSP (Crime) Nassar Siddiqui.

The joint team led by Inspector Santosh Mishra (I/c ACU); Inspector KK Kushwaha (SHO, Bhilai Bhatti), Inspector Rajesh Sahu (SHO, Bhilai Nagar) and Inspector Manish Sharma (SHO, Old Bhilai) maintained vigil on the activities of suspects and interrogated the habitual offenders as well as the criminals released from jail. The network of informers was activated and CCTV footage were examined. The team found the footage of two suspects in the recordings of a CCTV. On the basis of this footage, the team managed to identify the suspects after which Ravi Gupta Sahu and Mahesh Yadav were rounded up near Power House. Initially they tried to mislead the interrogators but during sustained questioning, they confessed involvement in chain snatching incidents. About 06 months ago, the accused moving on their Jupiter Scooter snatched a gold chain from a pedestrian lady at Sector 02, Street 06. About 01 month ago, they targeted a lady near DPS Chowk and on September 06, they snatched a gold chain from a lady in Padumnagar. Police have recovered three nos gold chains and two scooters used in the crime. Further legal action is being taken by the concerned police stations.

ASI Surendra Singh from Bhilai Nagar PS, ASI Rajesh Pandey from Old Bhilai and ASI Purna Bahadur, ASI Shamit Mishra, Head Constable Roman Sonwani, Head Constable Chandrashekhar Banjeer, Constable Rajkumar Chandra, Shahbaz Khan, Santosh Gupta, Anup Sharma, Pankaj Chaturvedi, Vikrant Kumar, Upendra Yadav, Ashwini Yadu, Rakesh Chaudhary, Rakesh Anna, Arvind Mishra of ACCU played vital role in arresting the accused.

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