Chennai: Following the reporting of four chain snatching incidents - in which the victims lost a total of 19 sovereigns of gold worth over Rs. 4 lakh - in Mylapore, Teynampet and neighbouring areas on Saturday, the city police released the CCTV pictures of suspects and are seeking details from the public to trace them.
According to the police, a ten-sovereign chain was snatched from Jacqueline, a private school teacher at Mandaveli, a three-sovereign chain from Usha at Teynampet on Saturday while chains of 3-sovereigns each were also snatched from Alamelu of Venus Colony, Alwarpet and Banu, a school teacher from Royapettah.
Police have taken CCTV footage of the suspects. Police have taken the motorbike registration numbers and have launched a hunt for the duo. Any information on suspects can be passed on to the inspector on phone number 9498133566.
Similarly, the Thirumangalam police have also released two pictures of chain snatching suspects from grabs of CCTV footage. Another senior police officer said that two chain snatching incidents were reported in Thirumangalam on June 29. “In both the incidents, the same bike registration number was seen. In this, both the men were clad in full sleeve shirts and the riders were wearing helmets,” police said. The officer said, if the public spot the same men anywhere, they could inform the inspector on phone number 99403 22999.
