A 30-year-old woman was relieved of her gold chain worth Rs 8000 from Chanakyapuri under Chunabhatti police station area late in the evening on Wednesday. Police said that the victim Hema Yadav was robbed of her gold chain on her way to home near Ram temple in the evening.
The victim approached police and lodged a complaint regarding the robbery. In her complaint she stated that at around 9 pm when she reached near a boutique a man appeared and before she could understand he snatched gold chain from her neck and escaped from the spot. She chased the miscreant and raised alarm but due to darkness the miscreants managed to escape in the dark.
The victim worked as domestic help and after completing her work at around 9 pm the incident took place. After completing her cooking work at a house in Chanakyapuri she was walking towards her house.
Providing the details of the miscreants the victim told the police that the miscreant was fair coloured and was wearing T shirt of yellow colour.
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.
After the victim lodged a complaint police personnel deployed in the nearby areas were alerted and search was conducted in the area where the robbery was committed but failed to find the miscreant.
The miscreants might be a local as he managed to escape in no time and it is possible that he lives in the nearby area which would be searched.