Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, August 19

Almost a year later, after Kusum Kumari, a class 9th student, fought off snatchers who tried to snatch her mobile phone in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar near Jalandhar-Kapurthala road, another braveheart from the city fought three bike-borne miscreants courageously to save her handbag.

Simrandeep Kaur, a resident of Simran Susash Nagar, was heading to her home from her job around 8.45 pm, when the three accused pushed her and snatched her bag. The trio came on a bike from Mehak Cinema Road and snatched her handbag. While they were trying to escape, Simran started chasing them fearlessly.

The 20-year-old girl held one of the pillion riders from his shirt and pulled him and kicked the rear tyre of the bike due to which the three miscreants fell down. Following this, the people around also gathered and caught two of them. The third accused managed to escape.

Simran works at a gift gallery in Silver Plaza. She said: “I used to participate in running competition during school time. When the miscreants tried to snatch my bag, I did not give up and grabbed one of the accused. I also kicked the rear tyre of the bike with my feet, due to which they fell down from the bike. Soon, the commuters around gathered to help me”.

She further stated that she didn’t get afraid on encountering the miscreants. Instead, I wanted to teach them a lesson that girls were not weak.

The police at Division No. 8 have registered a case against all three accused. The arrested duo have been identified as Arjun and Ashutosh, both residents of Gadaipur. They have been booked under Sections 389-B and 511 of IPC.