Chain-snatchers land in pothole, then in jail
Palghar (PTI): An accident caused by a pothole on the road led to the arrest of two chain snatchers in Maharashtra's Palghar district. Two motorcycle-borne men snatched a woman's chain near the Vasai railway station on the night on June 30, said senior inspector Sampatrao Patil of Manikpur police station.
CCTV footage showed that as they were fleeing, they ran into a pothole, fell off the motorbike and apparently suffered serious injuries though they managed to leave the spot.
Police promptly checked hospitals in the area and nabbed the duo, identified as Atul Trivedi and Rahul Sharma, while they were undergoing treatment, inspector Patil said. The stolen chain and the motorcycle used in the crime were recovered from them.
The duo, both residents of Panvel, have several cases registered against them in the district, the police official added.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
