With arrest of two youths, police on Monday claimed to have solved about 18 chain snatching incidents that had happened in Raipur, Durg and Bilaspur.
Notably, police was in a tizzy with repeated chain snatching incidents happening in Raipur and failure to nab the culprits. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) (Raipur) GP Singh had also declared cash reward of `30,000 on their arrests.
The accused were identified as Sumit Kumar alias Mohit Kumar Solanki (20) native of Chhatarpur Gali Sonia Bihar Old Delhi and Vinod alias Rohtas Kumar Solanki (26) G 3 196 Rohni Delhi, informed Singh while addressing a press conference. He informed that the accused were nabbed by constable Rajik Khan and Constable Gaje Singh Markam after a high speed bike chase.
Suddenly on Monday, the police got the information about a chain snatching incident happening in Mana. Rajik Khan who was on duty at that time immediately started checking bikers at Pachpedhi Naka.
Suddenly two youths on a Pulsar bike crossed Pachpedhi Naka on high speed. Both the police constables then followed them and after a high speed chase they managed to nab them in Tikarapara police station limits, the IGP said
According to him, the accused have confessed to their crime. About four gold chains, 3 gold lockets and a bike has been seized from their possession.