Chain snatchers continue to prowl in the city with repeated instances of their targeting women; and it seems the Commissionerate police have no clue how to reign in them.
In the latest incident, unidentified miscreants snatched a gold chain from a woman near the Jharpada jail under the Laxmisgar police station early on Tuesday morning. Sources said three bike-borne miscreants intercepted the woman, who was out on morning walk and snatched the chain by threatening her with a sharp weapon. The woman sustained minor injuries as she fell down while resisting the assailants. The victim Manorama Sahoo said that as usual, she went for morning walk. While returning home at around 7 am, she found three youths standing near an apartment. One of them came to her and threatened her with a sharp weapon and asked her to hand over her chain.
But when she hesitated, he snatched the chain and fled from the spot with his associates. Meanwhile, police have .