Woman offered lift in car, loses 2 gold bangles in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, March 30

A three-member gang stole two gold bangles from a woman by making her sit in a car on the pretext of offering her a lift to her house in Sector 37.

According to the police, victim Raj Kumari reported that three suspects — a man and two women — offered her a lift from near Sanatan Dharam Mandir, Sector 37, to her house.

The police said one of the women asked the victim that another woman sitting in the car was calling her. The victim walked up to the car and the suspect told her that she knew her and would drop her home.

The victim initially refused, but on being insisted, she sat in the car and the man started driving on a road which did not lead to her house. She objected following which the suspects dropped her near the Sector 37 market and left.

She soon realised that her two bangles were missing. The police were informed, who reached the spot. The police scrutinised the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area. Meanwhile, a case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

Similar incidents have been reported from across the tricity in the recent past. The police suspect the same gang is behind all incidents.

Recent incident

A gang had targeted a 65-year-old woman after making her sit in a car on the pretext of dropping her home in Sector 44 in February. — TNS