Bike gang snatches 19 tola gold chains

HYDERABAD: A bike gang was involved in five incidents of chain snatching in five different localities, snatching 19 tola gold from women including a typist working in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. Two incidents took place in Malakpet police station limits while one each was reported from Saidabad, Abids and Langar Houz limits.
Police suspect the same bike gang might have been involved in all incidents reported from 6.30 a.m to 11.45 am. Around 9.30 am on Wednesday, Sarojini Devi (41), a typist working in the Legislative Assembly was walking in Siripuram Colony to catch a bus to office, a few miscreants riding on a bike came from the opposite direction, snatched her four tola gold chain and fled away. Later, she lodged a complaint to Malakpet police. In another incident, Lakshmi, a resident of East Prashantnagar was going to temple when two persons on a bike snatched away her threeandhalf tola gold chain.