Two chain snatchers were nabbed by police with a motorbike without a registration number at JP Nagar trisection on Tuesday. The police also recovered 11 gold chains worth around Rs6.50 lakh from their possession.
While speaking with the mediapersons on Wednesday, Superintendent of Police Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena said that after a number of cases of chain snatchings were reported in Bhopal range, a team was made by Gautam Nagar police to nab the miscreants and during their investigation video clips of Fanda toll booth provided a vital link as the nabbed miscreants after chain snatching in Vidisha and Sehore would enter the city with masks and the description of such masked persons on the day of robberies was studied, said SP Saxena.
He further told that on Wednesday the team received information that two persons of the same description of chain snatchers are at JP Nagar and on the receipt of the information the team rushed to the spot and nabbed the two persons. They were wearing gold chains which were robbed by them.
When questioned they confirmed chain snatching and the motorbike which wa recovered from them was stolen from Ashoka Garden area.
They have committed robberies in Koh-e-Fiza, Sehore and Vidisha areas. The two were identified as Feroz alias lotiya and Saleem Ahmed.
Feroz was booked for around 15 chain snatchings in different police station areas. He targeted Koh-e-Fiza area and fearing that his identity might be revealed he along with another accomplice Saleem targeted Sehore and Vidisha.
Accused accepted that they used to target women riders, pillion and pedestrian in open places for their easy escape.