SALIGAO/PANAJI: In separate cases, police arrested two men, natives of Bihar and Delhi, for snatching gold chains.
Mapusa police said Anandi Mayekar, 65, a resident of
Revora
, lodged a complaint on January 7, against a bike-borne suspect who snatched her gold chain weighing 32g, worth Rs 1.2 lakh. A team investigated the crime and apprehended Wazid Ali, 24, a resident of Mushirwado,
Colvale
, and native of Bihar.
Ali confessed to the crime, and police recovered the stolen jewellery from him.
Rakesh Sharma, 34, allegedly involved in 14 cases of theft and chain-snatching in Delhi and in Goa, was arrested by the crime branch from a guest house in Mandrem on Friday. During a search of his bag, four broken mangalsutras, three broken gold chains and one locket, together worth around Rs 5 lakh, were found.
On interrogation, Sharma confessed to having committed a series of property offences and thefts in Delhi, said crime branch SP Pankaj Kumar Singh . Further investigations are under way.