Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Feb 09: In otherwise peaceful place like Andaman and Nicobar Islands, now cases of Chain Snatching is also coming into notice. South Andaman District Police has however solved this snatching case that took place in the city area.
According to the police, accused person travelled as a passenger in Autorickshaw of the victim namely A.Pandi, auto rickshaw driver, R/o Pathergudda. After reaching Dollygunj the accused asked the Auto Driver to follow him to his house for receiving payment and upon reaching the scheduled place, he attacked the victim and snatched his gold chain and took money from his pocket.
He pushed the victim and ran away from the spot. Police team of PS Pahargaon acting swiftly identified the accused person and arrested him at Prem Nagar Junction.
Accused Kannan, 32, Pvt. Worker R/o Prem Nagar confessed to his guilt and the snatched property was also recovered from his possession.
The said case was solved by South Andaman Police under the Supervision of Mr. Nishant Gupta, Dy.SP S/A and Insp. Sahil Samsuddin, SHO, PS Pahargaon.
