Two women fall victim to chain snatchers

The vehicle had slowed down near a railway track in Kodungaiyur, when a man who was walking on the road snatched her two sovereign gold chain. Vaidehi works as a nurse at Stanley Government Hospital and was returning home after attending mass in a church in Korukkupet when the incident took place. The RK Nagar police who registered a case said that the man could not be identified by the victim as it was too dark. The police suspect the chain snatcher to be a history-sheeter and are conducting a probe to identify the accused. 

In a separate incident, in Royapettah, a man on a two-wheeler, wearing a helmet snatched a five sovereign gold chain from Bhavani (36), who is a resident of Srinivasa Perumal Koil Street. On Monday morning at around 7 am, she had gone to buy vegetable from a shop near her home when the man relived her off her gold chain. The Royapettah police have registered a case and have obtain CCTV footage from the area. However, they have not been able to identify the man. They have registered a case and are conducting further investigations.