A brave woman caught a chain snatcher who had grabbed her gold chain while she was on her way to a temple.
The incident occurred at Shiv Temple, Vidya Nagar under Kotwali police station jurisdiction on Thursday morning.
Station House In-charge, Kotwali, Shivanand Tiwari informed that that Pramila Singh, aged 40, was on her way to the temple at around 5.30 a.m. on Thursday when the accused Mohammed Jubair tried to snatch her gold chain.
The accused, according to Pramila, threatened her with life and tried to snatch her chain.
Responding to his attack, the brave lady caught his hair and pulled him down to the road.
She then began shouting and called for help.
The staff of nearby Petrol Pump and other passersby helped her and the culprit was caught. later, he was handed over to the police.
During interrogation, police found that the culprit was a native of Rajkot in Gujarat and was residing in the capital for the past four years.
The culprit admitted that he was following the woman for past couple of days and was waiting for the right opportunity to snatch the chain.
Police is suspecting that the accused might be having some more persons involved who were helping him in the crime but he has denied that more persons had helped him.
Meanwhile, police had registered a case of loot under Section 394 against the accused on complaint of Pramila and has sent him to jail after producing him in court.