Mysuru: The City’s Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a chain-snatcher to eight years rigorous imprisonment after the accused was found guilty of targeting elderly women and snatching more than 1.5 kg gold ornaments from them. The accused is 26-year-old Somashekara Achari alias Soma of Mylasandra in Bengaluru.
The accused, who used to target elderly women and snatch gold jewellery, was arrested by N.R. Police in 2011. During interrogation more than eight cases had come to light and the Police had recovered one kilogram of gold jewellery from him.
