Chennai: Six mobile snatching incidents and two chain snatching incidents were reported in the city on Sunday night.
According to the police, Sethupandi, an employee at a private firm was walking near the Maduravoyal junction when two men on a two-wheeler snatched his mobile and pushed him on the road. A case was lodged at the Koyambedu police station. Similarly, mobile phones were snatched from Gnanavel at K K Nagar, Muthukumar and Sakarabani at Koyambedu, Raghupathy at Valasaravakkam and Kavitha at Vadapalani. Separate cases have been filed in the respective police stations and the police team suspects the activity of two or three men in the incidents.
Similarly, when Vijaya Mahesh from Besant Nagar was walking on the road three men at knifepoint robbed off seven sovereigns of gold chain. A case was lodged at the Shastri Nagar police station and probe is on.
Similarly, two men in a two-wheeler snatched a seven sovereign gold chain from one Rohini who was walking at the Razaaq Garden Street at Arumbakkam. A case was registered at the Arumbakkam police station and further investigations are on.
Meanwhile, three men were arrested for snatching a mobile from S Praveen Kumar (19) on 13 January at Valasaravakkam near the Thangam Store. Three men in two motorbikes snatched his mobile phone, said the statement from the police. The men were identified as S. Gnana Prakash (19) from Nerkundram, D Naveen Kumar (28) and R Kochal Ram (34) from Maduravoyal. The police team seized five mobile phones and a two-wheeler from them.
