This story is from September 22, 2021

Six men held in separate snatching cases in city

Six men held in separate snatching cases in city
New Delhi: Six people, including an elderly man and a civil defence volunteer, have been arrested for their involvement in separate cases of snatching.
On Sunday, Paras (22) was arrested in connection with a robbery that took place in Chandni Chowk area recently. “He used to commit robberies and sell the snatched mobile phones as well as other articles to one Aggarwal Baba, who was later arrested from north Delhi,” police said.
“Aggarwal (69) used to sell shoes on pavements at Chandni Chowk.
He was also training vagabonds to become snatchers, robbers,” DCP (North) Anto Alphonse said.
In another case, one Arjun from Rajasthan was arrested for his involvement in more than 100 criminal cases. Police said they conducted an operation for three days in Jodhpur and nabbed him. Arjun and his accomplices committed snatchings in different areas of Delhi, cops said.
“He is a drug addict and to fulfil his financial requirements, he was continuously committing gold snatchings with his aides after he came out on bail in April,” DCP (Dwarka) Santosh Meena said, adding that a goldsmith was also arrested in the case.
In the third incident, South district police nabbed a civil defence volunteer for snatching the gold chain of a woman in Neb Sarai. The accused was identified as Mukul Verma, a civil defence volunteer in Sangam Vihar.
DCP (South) Atul Thakur said, on September 17, the bike-borne accused targeted a woman who was walking on the road. “She noted some digits of the registration number of the bike and informed police,” the officer said. Apart from Verma, goldsmith Rakesh Verma who melted the snatched gold chain has also been arrested.
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