Video: Chain snatched from elderly woman in Jaipur, chilling powder thrown in eyes
During the attack, Devi tried to raise an alarm and screamed for help, but the assailants managed to escape after throwing chilli powder in her eyes and snatching her gold chain.Two bystanders, a man and a woman, tried to chase the assailants in vain as the perpetrators escaped on their bike.The entire incident was captured on a CCTV camera and the Shipra Path Police Station is investigating the case.According to sources, Devi is a resident of Shanti Nagar in Durgapura. On Tuesday evening at around 7:45 pm, she was returning home from a nearby Jain temple when the crime transpired.In the past few months, chain-snatching incidents in Jaipur have grown, especially targeting women. In a separate incident in Jaipur, a woman was targeted in a chain-snatching case aboard a moving bus. According to DCP (West) Hanuman Prasad Meena, the victim, Diksha Prajapati, was boarding a bus from Sindhi Camp to Bayana around 3:30 PM on Tuesday when a female co-passenger forcibly snatched her gold chain. When Diksha tried to resist, the woman threatened her with a sharp object resembling a screwdriver before fleeing the scene.- EndsMust Watch
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- Hindustan Times
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