The city (crime) wing on Saturday arrested seven persons including, two women and a transgender, for allegedly being involved in nine chain snatching cases at various places.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Deputy Commissioner of Police G. Naganna said that in one case, 23-year-old M. Surya was arrested for allegedly being involved in four chain snatchings. Among the four chain snatchings, three were committed under MVP police station limits – Sector VI of MVP Colony, one at Lawsons Bay Colony. The fourth crime was committed at Murali Nagar under Kancharapalem police station limits. The DCP said that Surya had committed theft of around 15.5 tola of gold chains worth ₹4.25 lakh.
In another case, 29-year-old P. Amit Rao, a native of Chhattisgarh and a resident of Vizianagaram, was arrested by the police teams for allegedly committing two chain snatchings at Bheemunipatnam and Padmanabham areas. In both the areas, the accused had committed snatching of two gold chains weighing 67.5 grams.
