Hyderabad
Although people are afraid to come out with the effect of the Omicron variant, a chain thief has made use of the opportunity. He has committed five chain snatchings in the city from Wednesday morning until evening. He failed in the sixth attempt and fled. The crimes took place in Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Rachakonda police commissionerates.
The thief, who was involved in the chain robbery, stole the Scooty from the Asifnagar police station limits. Going over it, he is stealing gold chains from women walking alone. The department is trying to nab him using the CCTV footage. Hyderabad and Cyberabad CPs CV Anand and Stephen Ravindra have set up special teams to nab the accused. The Northern Zone Task Force police and the Cyberabad SOT police are jointly investigating the details of the burglaries, which took place in five places in the city and suburbs.
The thief is believed to have used the Hyderabad route map. The times of the chain thefts by the victims, his facial expressions, the Scooty number were taken. The thief stole a chain at 10.05 AM at Indrapuri Colony under Maredpally Police Station. From there, he reached Bhagyalakshmi Colony under Petbasheerabad Police Station at 11 AM. He failed to nad chain from a woman later. From there, he committed two thefts in Raghavendra Colony and Jeedimetla village. He stole the chain from another woman at Boduppal Hanuman Temple at 4:30 PM. All these happened in less than six hours.