Of late, there have been a series of chain snatching incidents in the city. But the Town police have managed to crack two cases of gold chain snatching at Bijepur near the Khallikote College road.
Police arrested Rakesh Kumar alias Manga Panda in the connection and recovered to gold chains of 20 grams and 15 grams from his possession.
Manga was forwarded to court and was later sent to judicial custody after his bail petition was rejected.
A few days ago, Manga was sent to jail in connection with a mobile snatching case. After his release on bail, on June 17 Manga snatched a gold chain from a girl Sarita Patnaik at Bijapur Square, while she was going to attend tuitions.
A case regarding the incident was lodged with the Town police, following which he was picked up and interrogated by the cops. During the interrogation he admitted to have committed the two snatchings on the Khallikote College road.