Dhakoli woman dragged by snatchers, loses bag

A day after a gunpoint robbery at a jeweller's shop in Zirakpur, miscreants struck again, snatching a handbag of a Dhakoli girl in a busy residential area in broad daylight today.

Two bike-borne youths, snatched the handbag of MS Enclave resident and dragged her for a distance before fleeing with the bag. Victim Neha, around 25, said she was returning home from a bank with his parents when the miscreants targeted her. When she reached near her home, two bike-borne youths came from behind and snatched her handbag. She held on to the bag, but the miscreants dragged her for a distance before the handle of the bag broke and they fled with the bag containing Rs 5,000, a chequebook, mobile phone and important documents. She did not know whether the miscreants were following her from the bank. The incident has been captured on the CCTV cameras in the area. Dhakoli DSP Preet Kanwar Singh said the vehicle number had been identified with the help of cameras and the police were investigating the matter.