Woman fought bravely till last minute to nab chain snatchers

Bhubaneswar, Sept 5: Showing her bravery in fighting two looteras, a 35-year-old woman today managed to catch the miscreants, who had planned to snatch her gold chain while she was entering to her residence in Rasulgarh area in Odisha capital with her scooty, getting help of local people.

The miscreants identified as Bijay Kumar Sahu and Harihar Das, both hail from Haladipadia under Laxmisagar police limits were later handed over to the Mancheswar police personnel by the locals.

Police sources said while the complainant Deepti Rekha Rout of Rasulgarh area was returning with her child in scooty this afternoon, two bike-borne miscreants followed her vehicle. The accused persons tried to snatch the lady’s gold chain when she was entering her residence.

“The accused persons first tried to snatch the gold chain of the lady and when she resisted they took hold of her child and tried to harm her. The lady did not lose her nerve and fought till last minute to catch the looters. By the timing, getting alerted, local people reached the spot and thrashed the duo who were later handed over to our staff,” said a senior police officer of the Mancheswar police station.

“We have collected and are examining the footage of CCTV camera installed in front of Ms Rout’s residence. We have come to know that the accused person were out of the Jharpada jail here earlier in the month in a similar type of case after a local court granted bail to them. Both will be forwarded to a local court here tomorrow,” the police officer added.