Gurgaon: An assistant manager working with with an e-commerce company was allegedly robbed of his wallet by three men.
In his complaint to police, Bablu Tiwari said he was headed to Sadar Bazar from New Palam Vihar on his scooter on Sunday. He was near the Huda ground when the men approached him on a motorcycle and snatched the wallet from his pocket. “They tore my pocket and took away my wallet. I fell on the road with my Scooty and could not note down the number of the vehicle,” said Tiwari.
He then approached police and submitted a complaint, following which an FIR was lodged at the Sector 5 police station under sections 379b and 34 of the IPC, accounting to snatching and acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention. “We have registered a case and are currently investigating the matter,” said a police officer from the police station.
Man snatches gold chain, flees on bike
Meanwhile, an assistant commissioner with the taxation department became a victim of chain snatching when she visited a local market in northwest Delhi’s Kingsway Camp last Saturday. The victim said two bike-borne youth snatched her gold chain when she was busy buying fruits at the market. Police have registered a case in the matter.
An assistant commissioner with Bihar government’s taxation department, Nivedita was in the capital to visit her husband — a professor at Delhi University. “In her complaint, the woman said she was standing by a fruit cart while her husband and mother-in-law, who were accompanying her, were at a distance. In the meantime, a man approached her from behind and snatched her chain. Before she could act or raise an alarm, the accused ran to his aide, who was waiting for him on a bike and the duo sped away in no time,” said a senior police officer. The accused men appeared to have been roaming in the area and recceing their target. Locals, too, tried chasing the accused but they managed to flee.