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Dehradun chain snatching caught on CCTV; 3 police teams search
A 75-year-old woman was knocked to the road during a chain-snatching attempt in Dehradun's Vasant Vihar Phase-2 on Friday. CCTV footage shows a man on an unnumbered Activa stopping to speak to…
The Story in Brief
A 75-year-old woman was knocked to the road during a chain-snatching attempt in Dehradun's Vasant Vihar Phase-2 on Friday. CCTV footage shows a man on an unnumbered Activa stopping to speak to her before suddenly grabbing the gold chain from her neck and fleeing, India Today reports.
The woman, who walks with a stick, fell and struggled to get up. Her son has lodged a complaint. Three police teams are examining CCTV footage to trace the accused, the station house officer said. The incident has raised security concerns ahead of Independence Day.
The Indian Opinion
This CCTV footage will feed the lazy narrative that India's cities are unsafe. But one snatcher does not make a crime wave. Dehradun police have three teams on the case and the accused's face is on camera. The test is not the viral clip but whether the arrest happens in days, not weeks.
Source: indiatoday.in
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