A 62-year-old woman was robbed of her gold chain worth `20,000 at Professor Colony under Shyamla Hills police station area on Monday.
According to the police, the victim, Kamla Jain of Professor Colony was targeted by two miscreants riding scooter on her way to house in the morning. She was walking towards home after visiting temple at around 7.30 am. The victim was targeted near BSNl office in Professor Colony.
In her complaint victim stated that she had gone to Jain temple in the morning and after performing Pooja when she was on his way to home she was attacked by two miscreants who were on a white coloured scooter and escaped with the gold chain she was wearing gold chain in her neck.
The victim claimed that the gold chain was worth `20,000 which was robbed. Police said that before the victim could understand anything and could raise alarm the miscreants escaped the spot with the gold chain.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 392 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The victim used to live alone in Professor Colony and her son works in Bengaluru. The police suspect that the miscreants were aware of the routine of the victim which helped them in committing crime and escaping easily from the spot.
Police said that based on the description provided by the victim search for the miscreants has been started and
CCTV cameras installed in the nearby areas would be searched.