Monday, February 20, 2012

GRP arrest mastermind of chain snatcher gang

BHUBANESWAR: Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a mastermind of a chain snatcher gang, who snatch gold chains from the running train, from Mali Sahi in the city on Sunday while he was selling the gold chain.

On a tip off, GRP team reached Mali Sahi and nabbed the chain snatcher mastermind Ramachandra Behera alias Susant, a resident of Nuapada under Madhupatna police station in Cuttack district. According to the IIC of GRP Bhubaneswar Smruti Ranjan Kar, Susant was involved in a chain snatching case of February 7, 2012. He had snatched a gold chain from Shantilata Rath, wife of Durga Madhav Rath, when they were going by a passenger train from Bhubaneswar.

Besides the case, 14 chain snatching cases were in the name of the culprit. During their raid in Mali Sahi, Susant was selling a gold chain. The police arrested and seized a gold chain from his purse, but his associate escaped from the police, IIC Kar informed.        

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