Snatcher held, accomplice absconding

With the timely intervention of passersby at Jandiala Road, a snatcher was nabbed while his accomplice managed to escape on Tuesday when they made a failed bid to snatch the purse from a woman.

The woman was going on foot carrying a lunchbox for her husband. The passersby handed over the nabbed snatcher to the local city police.

ASI Gurbhej Singh of the city police said that the arrested snatcher has been identified as Rachhpal Singh of Iqbal Avenue and his absconded associate as Babbu of the local Kajikot road. The motorcycle-borne snatchers had tried to snatch the purse from the woman who bravely resisted.

The passersby immediately intervened and nabbed one of the snatchers. ASI Gurbhej Singh said that a case under Section 304, 62 and 3 (5) of the BNS has been registered in this connection.