Bengaluru: Bike-borne chain-snatchers struck at will on the city streets and robbed three women of their gold chains in separate incidents within one hour in Yeshwanthpura, Yelahanka and Amruthahalli police limits on Sunday morning. The fourth incident was reported in the afternoon in the Vijayanagar police limits.
Strike 1:
In the first incident, a 55-year-old woman, Anupama, was targeted in Diwanpalya in Yeshwanthapura around 6.45 am when she was drawing a rangoli in front of her house. Of the two thieves, the pillion rider got down on the pretext of asking her for an address, snatched Anupama’s chain and fled. She raised an alarm but in vain.
Strike 2:
Two people on the pretext of asking a house for rent took away a gold chain of a 62-year-old woman in Maruthi Nagar in Yelahanka. The two chain-snatchers, who were on a bike, stopped in front of Radha's house around 7 am. The pillion rider approached Radha, who was standing inside the compound, and enquired her in Hindi about houses for rent in the locality. As she was talking to them, the miscreant snatched the chain weighing 15 gm and fled the spot.
Strike 3:
A morning walker, Rajini Kumar, 65, a resident of Amruthahalli, was relieved of her gold chain by two bike-borne miscreants in Coffee Board Layout early on Sunday morning. She was headed for the walk when two men on a Pulsar bike stopped a few metres ahead and observed her. As she continued to walk, the two took a turn, came from behind and snatched away her gold chain weighing 80 gm. She raised an alarm, but they had fled by then.
Strike 4:
Around 2.15 pm, two bike-borne men made away with a gold chain of a 54-year-old woman in Vinayaka Layout in Vijayanagar. Jayalakshmamma was walking back home after buying groceries when the two men snatched her chain weighing 65 gm. She raised an alarm and the passersby tried to chase the duo, but in vain, the police said.
