The Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested four people and seized gold chains worth more that Rs1.25 lakh from their possession. The gang members used to target women only, informed Inspector RK Sahu of CCB on Saturday.
The accused have been identified as Roshan Sen, Santosh Sen, both residents of Mowa locality, Tejuram Sahu of Sheetala Temple road Mowa and Tahirbeg Mirza of main road Mowa.
“The accused in past nine month had successfully committed three snatching all from women,” claimed Inspector RK Sahu and added that all four of them were rounded up near Mandi Gate on the base of suspicion while they were heading towards some destination on two bikes.
later during cross-examination their involvement in snatching incidents were established, the officer said.
Sahu further said few months back the gang had snatched chain from a woman near Mowa over bridge. In a similar incident that gang targeted another woman in Devendra Nagar Sector-5 and about a fortnight back the gang snatched a gold chain from a woman who was going somewhere on foot.
All the three chains and bikes used in incidents have been seized from their possession. One of the accused Roshan Sen run a saloon in Mowa area. The accused have been booked under relevant Sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and were sent to jail on judicial remand by a local court.