Watch: Two bike-borne men target Jalandhar resident sitting outside house, flee with piece of gold chain after scuffle

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, August 7

Two motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched a gold chain from a man in Shakti Nagar here on Sunday. The incident was caught on a CCTV camera installed outside a house in the vicinity.

The victim, identified as Kamal Malhotra alias Bitta, a famous jeweller of the city, was sitting outside his house and reading a newspaper when the miscreants targeted him.

As per police, both the suspects were wearing helmets and the one riding pillion got down from the motorcycle and came towards Kamal to ask something. In the meantime, he made an attempt to snatch his chain but the victim tried to fight back and held his chain tightly, as a result of which, the chain got broken into two pieces.

The miscreant then fled with one piece of chain that was in his hand, and another piece fell on the ground. The victim then immediately informed the police about the incident.

SHO Division Number 4, Harwinder Singh said an FIR in the case has been registered against unknown persons as per the statement of victim Kamal Malhotra. He said police have taken the footage of CCTV cameras installed outside the house and nearby areas. “The investigation is underway and the miscreants will be arrested soon,” he added.

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