The wife, of a cop deputed with UT police, became a snatching victim when a 20 year-old riding a motorcycle sped away with her purse. The accused was later apprehended by the police on Wednesday.
The victim, lakhwinder Kaur, a resident of Police Colony at Sector-20, reported to the local police that a motorcyclist has snatched her purse, containing cash worth `1,500 and a mobile phone. lakhwinder is wife of Ranjit Singh, a UT police constable, posted at Police headquarters.
Sources in the police said that the incident took place on Tuesday evening when lakhwinder visited a temple near her residence. On her way back, an unknown person, came on a black colour motorcycle bearing registration number CH-01AV-6153 and snatched her purse. The face of the accused was covered by his helmet.
lakhwinder noted down the registration number of the vehicle and later on informed the concerned police officials about the incident. Meanwhile, acting up on the complaint by the victim, the accused was later arrested in the matter, said Poonam Dilawari, SHO, PS-19.
The accused was identified as Aashish Chauhan, a resident of Zirakpur and the snatched purse has also been recovered from his possession. He was produced in the district court on Wednesday, from where he was sent for a day in police remand, added the SHO.