Mother-daughter duo nabs, beat up chain-snatcher in Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 4: A woman bravely thwarted a robbery bid in outer Delhi's Nangloi area by grabbing hold of a man on a two-wheeler as he attempted to flee after snatching her gold chain and forcing him off the vehicle, leading to his arrest, police said on Tuesday.
The incident, which was recorded by a CCTV camera, happened on Friday and the clip was widely circulated on social media, they said.
In the footage, the woman and her daughter can been seen crossing a road when two bike-borne men stopped in front of her and the pillion rider pulled at her chain. Showing presence of mind, the mother-daughter duo managed to catch hold of the man and yank him off the motorcycle.
As he tried to free himself from the clutches of the women, passers-by nabbed the chain-snatcher and started beating him up as his accomplice fled, leaving the motorcycle behind.
According to the police, they rushed to the spot on being informed about the incident and arrested the accused while his associate was also nabbed later.
"The 35-year-old complainant, a resident of Amar Colony, Nangloi, stated that those two men, riding a bike, snatched her gold chain when she was passing through service road near Rajendra Park, Nangloi along with her daughter," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Seju Kuruvilla said.
The accused have been identified as Abdul Shamshad (32), a resident of Palam Colony and Vikas Jain (38), a resident of Kirari, a senior police officer said.
Three bikes, two gold chains and two mobile phones were seized from them, officials said.
#WATCH: Bike borne chain snatchers caught red-handed by a woman and her daughter in Nangloi, Delhi on August 30. The chain snatchers were later arrested by police. pic.twitter.com/vdLpztOKYw
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
