An unprecedented incident came to the fore here where a man, who had snatched away a gold chain from two women in the city only to meet his daughter’s study expenditure, was arrested and forwarded to court on Friday.
The Town police unearthed two different loot cases seizing a mobile phone, two gold chains and a moped vehicle, said police at a Press meet here. According to police, a miscreant had come on a moped and snatched away a gold chain from one B Saraswati when she was returning home in the Bank Colony on November 9. Acting on Saraswati’s complaint, the Town police arrested the looter, identified as Ajit Patnaik (33) of Big Bazaar Prahalad Nagar 4th lane. During interrogation, Ajit too conceded that he had snatched away a gold chain from an elderly woman at Chandramani Peta on November 8. However, he said that he was not a professional looter but committed the crimes only to meet his daughter’s expenditure. The police seized two chains and a moped from him.
In another incident, a miscreant had snatched away a mobile phone from one Anita Patnaik while she walking on the City Hospital Road on Tuesday. The police too unearthed this incident by arresting the looter and seizing the mobile from him. The arrested was identified as A Sekhar (21), a resident of the Madugula police station area in Andhra Pradesh.
Among others, DSP Santa Nutan Sambad, Town PS IIC Nihar Ranjan Pradhan and ASI Mahendra Sahu were present at the Press meet.