Chain snatcher arrested, 17.16 gms gold chain recovered

Metro India News | Hyderabad : The Charminar Zone Task Force, in coordination with Saidabad Police, arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly snatching a gold chain from an elderly woman at Bank Colony, Gaddiannaram, under Saidabad police station limits. The accused, Mohammed Ghouse Pasha alias Ghouse, a bike mechanic from Balapur, was apprehended on November 1 at SBI Colony, Saidabad, based on technical evidence. Police recovered the stolen gold chain weighing 17.160 grams and a Honda Shine motorcycle allegedly used in the crime. The total value of the recovered property is estimated at Rs.3.5 lakh.

According to police, the accused had incurred heavy losses in cricket betting and borrowed money from friends and relatives, who were pressuring him to repay the debts. Unable to meet his financial commitments with his earnings, he allegedly resorted to chain snatching. On October 26, he took a customer's Honda Shine motorcycle from his workplace and searched several localities, including Amberpet and Dabeerpura, for an opportunity to commit theft. Later, near Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple on Gaddiannaram Road, he spotted an elderly woman wearing a gold chain.

Police said he followed her and, under the pretext of conveying a message from a mixer repair shop owner, distracted her before snatching the chain and fleeing on the motorcycle. He subsequently kept the stolen chain and vehicle at his bike repair shop.The case was registered under Section 304(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Saidabad Police Station. The arrest and recovery were carried out under the supervision of Charminar Zone Task Force Inspector C. Yadender and Saidabad SHO B. Chandra Mohan, along with Task Force and Saidabad police personnel.