Chandigarh police bust gold chain snatchers' gang

News, Punjab

Chandigarh: The Crime Branch of the Chandigarh Police today claimed to have busted a notorious gang of criminals who were allegedly involved in several incidents of chain snatching and auto lifting.

Naman Sehgal and Shubham Sehgal of Jalandhar, both brothers, were arrested by the police, the police said. Gurdeep Singh, a drug peddler, their alleged accomplice, has also been nabbed, they said.


"During the interrogation of these accused it has come to light that they are involved in several cases of gold chain snatching and vehicle lifting from Chandigarh. With their arrest, the Anti Snatching, Robbery and Dacoity detection cell of the Crime branch was able to solve 12 cases including four pertaining to vehicle thefts," a Chandigarh police release said.

The modus operandi of the gang members was that they used to target women pedestrians wearing gold chains or ear rings.