Mangaluru: A 27-year old alleged chain snatcher who used to target the women walking on the streets to snatch chains from their neck and escape, was on Thursday arrested by Urwa Police here in the city.

The arrested accused has been identified as Vinay Prasad alias Vinod Jogi (27) a resident of Badaga Ulipady.

The police after arresting the accused recovered around 300 grams of gold ornaments from him. He was reportedly involved in more than 10 cases of chain snatching. The recovered gold has been estimated to be of Rs. 12 lac. Along with the gold the police have also seized the bike he used to use in the crime and his auto rickshaw.

Five cases against Vinod were registered at Urwa Police Station limits, two under Kavoor Police Station, and one each under Barke Police Station, Kadri Police Station and Kankanady Police Station.

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Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.

Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.

Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.

Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.

MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.

Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).