MUMBAI: A thief, who was caught red-handed after he stole a handbag from a woman, was tied to a pole and thrashed by the public at Kandivali West on August 21. The incident took place at BhabrekarNagar around 4 pm. Police officials said the accused was operating in an autorickshaw.
"The complainant was fetching her son from school. She did not suspect anything when an auto drove by close to her. Suddenly, a youth seated on the passenger seat of the auto put his arm out and snatched the woman's handbag. The auto driver started to speed away, even as the woman raised an alarm," a police official said.
Two bikers, who had noticed the complainant shouting for help, started to chase the auto. Along the way, locals shouted out to the auto driver to halt, but he did not pay heed. As the auto started to navigate tiny bylanes of a slum colony, locals succeeded in blocking its path and bringing the vehicle to a halt. They then pulled the thief and the auto driver out, before proceeding to thrash them. The angry mob then dragged the thief to a pole, bound his arms and continued to beat him up. The Charkop police intervened after someone dialled the control room. The youth was taken to the hospital as he was seriously injured. He was later booked for theft.
Two other cases of chain-snatching were also reported at Charkop on August 21. A 35-year-old woman, Asha Shinde, was walking near the Neelambar society a man in his early thirties snatched her gold chain worth Rs 27,000. In a separate case, senior citizen Pramila Sakpal lost her gold chains worth Rs 57,200 to snatchers at Charkop village.
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