A 44-year-old man caught a person who snatched his wife’s gold chain while the couple was walking to a market in West Delhi’s Janakpuri area on Wednesday night. The man managed to get hold of the bike-borne snatcher after a brief chase and also managed to recover his wife’s gold chain from one of the snatchers while the rider escaped. The incident took place when businessman Ram Swaroop Sharma along with his wife was walking on a deserted stretch near his house at C-Block of Janakpuri, at about 9 pm on Wednesday.
Sharma was walking a little ahead of his wife Ritu. He suddenly heard her raise an alarm about chain snatchers. On turning around, he noticed two youths on a motorcycle fleeing with her gold chain. Sharma tried to grab the rider or his partner. He then chased the motorcycle and managed to push the pillion rider off it. The snatcher was later, identified as Rajkumar Kohli, fell off the vehicle due to the push. According to a senior police officer, Sharma will be considered for a reward for his brave effort which helped the police in nabbing a notorious criminal.