# Two chain-snatching incidents target women in Dehradun and Bhubaneswar 2026-08-15T17:10:40+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets In Dehradun, a 75-year-old woman was knocked to the ground during a chain snatching in Vasant Vihar Phase-2 on August 15. CCTV footage shows an unidentified man on an unnumbered Activa stopping to ask her for directions before grabbing her chain and fleeing. The woman struggled to get up after the fall. Her son filed a complaint at Vasant Vihar police station, and three police teams are searching for the accused, examining CCTV footage from the area. The incident has raised security concerns ahead of Independence Day checks. In a separate incident near AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Tuesday morning, a woman fought back against two chain snatchers on a motorcycle. She pulled one suspect off the vehicle, causing him to fall. Alert locals overpowered him and handed him over to police. A firearm was recovered from the suspect, who is believed to be from outside Odisha. His accomplice escaped. Khandagiri police have launched an investigation and are verifying the arrested suspect's identity and criminal background. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in - odishatv.in This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:16:42+00:00. Tags: Dehradun, Vasant Vihar Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/dehradun-chain-snatching-caught-on-cctv-3-police-teams-search/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/dehradun-chain-snatching-caught-on-cctv-3-police-teams-search/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/