Spate of chain snatchings on festival day

At least four chain-snatching incidents were reported in a span of two hours at Hebbal, Sanjaynagar, Ramamurthynagar and Banaswadi, during the Varamahalakshmi festival on Friday.

Two bike-borne suspects followed Sujatha Kheni, a resident of SBI Layout, while she was on the way to her relative’s house and snatched her 70-gram gold chain at 7.30 pm.

Around 7.45 pm at KEB Layout, two men targeted Jai Kumari. While, one of them stopped her on the pretext of seeking directions towards an address, the other snatched her 50-gram gold chain, and the duo immediately fled on bike.

In the third incident, two men, with their faces masked, halted their bike near Bhanumathi’s residence on the Ex-Servicemen Road around 8 pm and snatched her 48-gram gold chain. In the fourth incident, around 9.15 pm two men followed Bharathi, a resident of BNS Layout, Banaswadi, and snatched her 15-gram gold chain.

Police suspect the involvement of a gang in all four incidents.