Damyanti Modi was travelling in autorickshaw
Cocking a snook at the Delhi Police, snatchers robbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s niece of cash and mobile phones in the Civil Lines of North Delhi on Saturday. The criminals snatched two mobile phones and `56,000 from Damyanti Ben Modi, when she was traveling in an autorickshaw.
Delhi Police top brass went into a tizzy after a call was made to the PCR about the incident. Apart from North district police, anti-terrorist unit of Delhi Police Special Cell is conducting investigation to nab the accused.
The spot where the 40-year-old victim was attacked by the criminals is just a few kilometres away from the residences of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
According to a senior police official, Damyanti was getting off an autorickshaw near Gujrati Samaj Bhawan in Civil Lines around 7 am on Saturday when two persons on a scooty snatched her purse containing mobile phone, cash and documents.
“She made a call to the PCR about the incident following which a team was dispatched for the spot. The police have recorded her statement and a case of snatching has been filed with the Civil Lines Police Station,” said the senior police official.
As per information, Damyanti told the police that she came from Amritsar on Saturday morning and she had already booked a room in Gujarati Samaj Bhawan in Civil Lines area. She had come with her father Prahlad Modi. She had hired an auto-rickshaw from old Delhi to reach her destination.
“I reached Gujarati Samaj Bhawan, and was getting off the autorickshaw when the snatchers attacked me. I was taken aback as they snatched my bag. I was about to give money from it to auto driver, it happened all of a sudden and I couldn’t understand as to what was going on,” she said.
“Police have identified the accused and police teams have been formed who are analysing CCTV footage from Old Delhi Railway Station to Civil Lines to nab the culprits. Some suspects have been detained and police teams are questioning them,” said Monika Bharadwaj, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North District.
The snatching cases are on the rise in the Capital. The Delhi Police is claiming that they are going down heavily on the criminals but the growing incidents of snatching are telling a different story.
