JOIN USPolicemen went after a speeding car in HSR Layout and caught a man who tried to escape with a chain he snatched from a woman.
Somashekhar, an employee of a private firm, snatched the chain of a woman at 21st Cross when she was going on her morning walk. The woman began to scream, following which Somashekhar sped off in a van.
Passersby alerted the control room which flashed a message to policemen patrolling HSR Layout. Constable Mahesh Nayak and Basavaraj, patrolling the streets, spotted the van and went after it on their bike.
Somashekhar abandoned his car after entering a dead end and began climbing a building in a desperate attempt to escape the pursuing policemen. As he stepped onto the building's asbestos roof, it gave in and Somashekhar crashed to the floor below.
The policemen caught him after a brief scuffle. Mahesh had a fracture to his left hand and Basavaraj was injured in the back, but the police managed to capture Somashekhar and hauled him to the police station.
Initial investigations revealed that Somashekhar joined a private firm as a housekeeper only to quit later. He stole a van from HSR Layout and used it to mug women to make a quick buck, a senior police officer said.