Bhubaneswar: The looters again started striking the morning walkers in Chandrasekharpur area after a brief lull of six months. The morning walkers especially the elderly people have been the easy targets for the chain snatchers in the area.
As per information, two such incidents in the recent past have again created panic among the residents of the area and moreover, police have failed to arrest the culprits even though four days have elapsed to the loot incident. Three bike-borne looters attacked a lady morning walker while she was plucking flowers near plot no 825, VIM colony in Shailashree Vihar around 4 am Friday. The looters followed the lady and dragged her on the road as she resisted their bid to decamp with all her gold jewelry.
They took away one gold ring, a gold chain and the gold bangles of the woman. The same day in afternoon, some miscreants stole a bicycle from a house in Shailashree Vihar area.
In another similar incident, the same gang of bike-borne chain snatchers attacked a morning walker in front of the CBSE office near DAV public school in Shailashree Vihar area around 6am May 5. The victim was identified as Santosh Dhal. The looters first took away the gold ring and chain of Dhal and later again returned to rob around Rs 5,000 and one expensive mobile phone.
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