Alert constable chases notorious robber, nabs him

An alert police constable nabbed a notorious inter-state robber and a chain-snatcher who has around 50 cases of robberies against him.

The arrested is Mohammed Syed Ali (33), a native of Thane in Maharashtra, but settled in Kalaburagi, police said.

Cases have been registered against him in Thane, Pune and Mumbai in Maharashtra, Ballari, Shivamogga and Kalaburagi in Karnataka and in Haryana.

Raghavendra, 32, attached to Girinagar police station noticed a man wearing a full-masked helmet at a tea shop. On seeing the constable, he felt uncomfortable and left the place.

Ali and his friend tried to escape on a bike, but Raghavendra gave them a chase. The duo hit a dead-end in the area. Ali and his friend hit the constable with a helmet and the duo ran in different directions abandoning the bike. Raghavendra chased Ali, who hid inside an under-construction building. The constable then sought additional forces. They rushed there and nabbed
Ali.

“I was sure that we were behind a notorious chain-snatcher who committed a robbery on October 2. The victim, Pushpa, had identified the culprit in the CCTV footage,” Raghavendra told DH.

Ali is a resident of Irani Colony in Kalaburagi.

He used to come with his gang members on bikes and rob elderly women in the city. Ali told police that he and his gang members would take shelter in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh. Recently, he was involved in four chain-snatching cases in Jayanagar, Girinagar and Mahalakshmi Layout.