Coimbatore: When he heard a knock at the door at 3 in the morning, Friday, Yohara aged 65 years had no reason to think there would be an event that was waiting outside the home in the NP itterie near Podanur in the city.
Halft, he opened the door and in a glimpse of the two men wearing a raincoat, a glove and face mask grabbed his two gold chains weighed 11 sovereign and escaping.
City police have formed two special teams to capture the Snatcher chain, whose identity is but to be ascertained.
Officers said Johara, her 71-year-old husband Bakruddin and Ferozkhan’s son fell asleep when they heard a knock on the door.
“The couple chased briefly, but in vain.
We have collected CCTV footage from the opposite house.
Visual shows that the Snatcher chain has been sitting outside the house for five minutes, before knocking on the main door.
While there was the main gate before, Johara had erased things The same thing to facilitate underground drainage and the work of laying roads in the area, “the officer said.
One of his four sons, said his mother was in a deep sadness over his death of his daughter, who surrendered to Covid-19, over the past two months.
“My mother thought it was one of her sons who knocked on the door.
So she opened it.
Most of the people in the area worked in the fish market and they went to the market around 2:30 a.m.
3am.
The fish market did not work on Friday.
So, The Snatcher chain knows all the details, “he said.
Sealeem warned Podanur police, which registered the case below section 392 (robbery) from the Indian criminal code and launched the probe.
“We have formed two special teams to capture the Snatcher chain.
Our team is working on various angles,” said E Uma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime).
Man grabbed 2 gold chains from women at his house
