Two women, aged 62 and 55 were relieved of their gold chain by bike-borne criminals while walking in Anna Nagar on Thursday. The 62-year-old woman, Prabhavathi, of Y block in Anna Nagar was walking near her house when a bike-borne duo snatched five sovereigns of gold chain she was wearing on Thursday afternoon. In the second incident, Vijayalakshmi, 55, of Mudaliar Street in Otteri was walking on T block, 11th street in Anna Nagar when she was relieved of her three-sovereign chain. Both the incidents reportedly happened at an interval of 10 minutes, and in both the incidents, the rider was wearing a helmet. It is possible that the same duo was involved in both the incidents, police noted.

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