Mysuru: Festival season is on and a special gang has come to target women who wear gold chains in Mysuru. The gang specialises in chain-snatching and usually snatch gold chains either by attention diversion or by using force. The gang includes women members too.
One among the gang members was arrested in city yesterday by the Krishnaraja Police and she has been identified as 25-year-old Saritha. Gold chains worth Rs. 6,50,000 has been seized from her possession. She was arrested on grounds of suspicious behaviour on Basaveshwara Main Road. On questioning, she revealed to the Police that she was attempting to sell the gold chains.
