Three arrested in chain-snatching case in Chennai

Three persons were arrested by the Ashok Nagar police in a chain-snatching case reported in West Mambalam. The police also recovered ₹1.91 lakh in cash and seized a two-wheeler and a mobile phone from them.

The police said Rajesh Kumar, 42, a resident of Postal Colony 1st Street, West Mambalam, lives with his mother Tamilselvi, 63, and works in a private IT company. On March 14, after returning from a temple, Tamilselvi was climbing the stairs to her house when an unidentified man snatched her nine-sovereign gold chain and fled on a waiting two-wheeler.