Jaipur: Chain snatchers in the city are growing audacious, with two women targeted in broad daylight—one in an upscale locality and the other at Sindhi Camp bus stand—on the same day.In the first incident, a woman fell victim to chain snatching on a moving bus. According to DCP (west) Hanuman Prasad Meena, Diksha Prajapati reported that she was boarding a bus from Sindhi Camp to Bayana around 3.30pm Tuesday when a woman passenger forcibly snatched the gold chain from her neck. When Diksha resisted, the woman threatened her with a weapon resembling a screwdriver and fled. In another incident, Sushila Devi (65), a resident of Shanti Nagar in Durgapura, was attacked near her home while returning from a Jain temple. The incident took place around 7.45pm on a busy stretch in one of the city’s upscale localities. Two men on a motorcycle approached her just 200 metres from her house. The pillion rider flung chilli powder at her face before pushing her to the ground and snatching her gold chain. Fortunately, Sushila Devi’s glasses, worn due to an eye operation, shielded her eyes from serious harm. Hearing her cries, a man and a woman nearby rushed to help and attempted to chase the assailants, but the duo managed to flee.Additional DCP (west) Alok Singhal said a team led by Sindhi Camp SHO Shyam Sunder Sharma scanned CCTV footage and used local intelligence to track down and arrest the woman chain snatcher, Madhu (35), from Chitokdi village in Bharatpur’s Sewar area. The stolen gold chain weighing approximately 20 grams was recovered from her. Police said Madhu is part of a gang that targets crowded areas to snatch chains and mangalsutras from women.
