Kolkata: Two on bike snatch chain from New Town couple

KOLKATA: Two men on a speeding bike snatched a gold chain from a woman in New Town when she was returning home with her husband after their morning walk on Sunday morning.
What has shocked the local residents the most is the incident took place in broad day light right in front of the couple’s house near New Town School in an upscale neighbourhood with multiple surveillance cameras.
The couple, residents of DC block in New Town, had resumed their morning walk on Saturday after a gap of over three months as a precautionary measure for Covid.
At least one neighbour of the couple had spotted the bikers lurking around in the neighbourhood minutes before the incident took place as “if they were waiting for somebody”.
“My parents are traumatised after the morning’s incident. They resumed their morning walk only on Saturday due to the pandemic and on Sunday they were a victim of such a horrific snatching,” said their daughter. “They were returning home after finishing their walk and were almost home when the incident happened. Though my mother has not received any serious injury this could have turned bad as she had a major surgery in her spine six months ago,” said the daughter.
Local residents said there has been a rise in the number of such incidents in the area. “Few days ago, a girl’s mobile phone was snatched this way. Few weeks ago, a woman was injured when she tried to resist an attempt of snatching. Such incidents have been on the rise in the last couple of years,” said a resident of new Town.
Officers of Techno City police station visited the spot after the incident.
“We went to the spot after being alerted about the incident by local sources. However, we are yet to receive an official complaint about the incident. We are also checking the CCTV footage and speaking to the residents to locate the criminals and their possible entry and exit points from the area,” said a senior officer of the Techno City police station.