Ludhiana, July 5

An alert woman caught hold of a snatcher’s Activa scooter while he was fleeing after snatching her daughter’s purse in the crowded Jawahar Nagar Market on Sunday. The snatcher, identified as Sachin Sharma, a resident of Sant Nagar in Ghumar Mandi, was overpowered by the passers-by as both Sunita Ghai and her daughter Tania, residents of Shaheed Karnail Singh Nagar, raised an alarm. The accused was later handed over to police and was booked under Sections 379-B(2)/511 of the IPC.

In another incident, the police nabbed Mohammed Asif, a resident of Punjabi Bagh, and recovered four snatched mobile phone handsets and a stolen Honda motorcycle (PB-10BU-6842). The accused has been charged under Sections 379/379-B/411 of the IPC. The police said on a tip off, the accused was intercepted at a naka near T-Point of Sanjay Gandhi Colony while riding a stolen motorcycle. He was on his way to sell snatched mobile phones. — OC