Chain snatchers target two women

INDORE: After a brief pause in the series of chain snatching incidents, two fresh similar incidents took place in different area under Palasia police jurisdiction on Tuesday evening.
In the first incident, the victim Shadra Devi Sharma, 65, was robbed of her chain while she was coming back after offering prayers at a temple in Brajeshwari colony.
A resident of Dewas, she had come to meet her son in New Ashish Nagar.
While the cops were filing the report in this connection, another woman Mamta Gupta, 40, reached there with a similar story.
Mamta, wife of Shailesh Gupta, is a resident of Sewasardar Nagar. She was crossing through Shanti Nagar when two accused came on a motor-bike and fled away with her gold chain. Palasia police in-charge Ajay Jain said that both incidents took place in the evening at around 7 pm. Cases were registered under section 392 of IPC in both the incidents.