Two students pursuing professional courses in private institutes were arrested for chain snatching, and were sent to jail, said SSP PRO Mahipal Singh Rawat on Wednesday. According to the accused, they had committed offence to pay for liquor addiction.
The accused were identified as Tehri natives Sumit and Nitish Bijalwan. Rawat said that an FIR was lodged under sections 258 and 511 of IPC against the duo in the Dalanwala police station on Monday when a woman
registered a report stating that they had made a failed attempt to snatch her necklace on Kalidas Road. In her compliant, she said that she was riding her two-wheeler near Kalidas Chowk when two persons on a bike came abreast and attempted to snatch her necklace without success. She noted down bike number and informed the police after reaching home.
Following this, SSP Kewal Khurana had formed a police team and both were arrested on Tuesday. During interrogation, duo confessed their offense and said that they were students of private institutes pursing bachelor degree. Angered by the offence, the mother of one of the youths started thrashing him in the police station.