34-year-old man held for snatching elderly woman’s gold chain in Saidabad

A 34-year-old man was arrested for snatching a gold chain from an elderly woman in Saidabad, with police recovering the 17.160-gram chain and a motorcycle used in the offence, together worth about ₹3.50 lakh.

The accused was identified as Mohammed Ghouse Pasha alias Ghouse, a resident of Balapur, Kothapet, Rangareddy. Charminar Task Force and Saidabad police apprehended him at SBI Colony, Saidabad, on Sunday (November 1) based on technical evidence.

According to the police, Ghouse worked as a bike mechanic. He had suffered heavy losses in cricket betting. Near Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple on Gaddinaram Road, he allegedly noticed an elderly woman wearing a gold chain. He followed her after she left a mixer repair shop and later told her that the shop owner was calling her about her mixer. When she stopped to speak to him, he allegedly snatched the chain and fled on the bike.

Police said he kept the chain and bike at his repair shop. On Sunday, he was apprehended.