A 54-year-old woman was relieved of her bag near Carmel Convent School under Govindpura police station late in the night on Monday.
According to the police, the victim Vimala Devi along with her son Balbeer Singh was on her way back to home and when they reached near Carmel Convent School two bike-borne miscreants snatched purse from Vimala Devi and escaped the spot.
The victim is a resident of Radha Colony and the incident took place at around 12 in the night when the victim was on her way home after attending a function at her relative’s house in Shivaji Nagar.
SHO of Govindpura police station Rl Malviya said that in the area no CCTV cameras were found and it is possible that the two were being chased for a long time and city surveillance camera at Chetak Bridge could help in the investigation.
A complaint was lodged by the victim on Tuesday. In the complaint the victim claimed that a bag carrying ATM card, mobile phone, documents and Rs 1000 cash was robbed by the miscreants, he added.
Balbeer told the police that the two bike borne miscreants were on black pulsar he chased them but the two managed to escaped the spot. Balbeer Singh works with building contractor.
Based on the complaint after preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 392 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The victim was not able to notice the details of the bike borne miscreants due to low light.