A 52-year-old Coimbatore based woman was relieved of a gold chain by bike-borne miscreants near Shalimar Garden under Kolar police station on Tuesday. The estimated cost of the chain is Rs 1.5 lakh.
Police said that the victim Jeevamani was on her way to her sister’s home with her niece after shopping when she was robbed of her gold chain by two bike borne miscreants.
The victim came to the city to meet her sister who lives in Kolar area. The gold chain was worth Rs 1.5 lakh, claimed the victim. Police have registered a case against the bike borne miscreants and started investigation.
In an another incident of robbery, a 58-year-old woman was robbed of gold chain near an automobile showroom under Koh-e-Fiza police station area in the evening on Tuesday, video of the robbery went viral .
The victim Ratna Asnani of Bairagarh works with the SBI Singarcholi branch and was robbed on her way to home after the work.
The victim approached Koh-e-Fiza police and lodged a complaint in which she stated that after her work, when she left the office and started walking, two-bike borne miscreants attacked her and snatched from her neck and before she could understand anything, the miscreants escaped.
Police have released video footage of robbery by two bike borne miscreants who robbed a 58-year-old woman of her gold chain worth Rs 40000 near an automobile showroom in the evening on Tuesday.
The victim raised alarm and tried to chase but failed. The locals tried to help her but the bike borne miscreants escaped from the spot.
After receiving the complaint, police alerted the police personnel at checking post and First Response Vehicles but the bike-borne miscreants managed to escape.
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.
Footage of the CCTV cameras confirmed the robbery. Police are ready to work on all the related angles of the crime.