Tag : snatchers

New Delhi: "Let's go for a walk outside and see what we can see!" -- a famous children's fun song might not be suitable for the people of the national capital. The rising figures of snatching incidents -- one of the most ruthless and blatant crimes that instill fear in the minds of the people, especially women -- has forced people to avoid going out alone at night time. On February 7, this year, a 40-year-old woman was going on an e-rickshaw in the Shahdara district to attend a marriage function. While she was about to alight, two people, riding a high-speed motorcycle tried to snatch her handbag. When the victim resisted and held her purse firmly, the pillion rider pulled it forcefully, throwing the woman away from the e-rickshaw. She fell down and sustained grievous injuries on her head and had to be admitted at a hospital for several days. She was even kept on a ventilator support. In another case in south east Delhi, two people came to Lajpat Nagar to collect payment from garment traders at readymade garments market. They collected a cash payment of Rs 38 lakhs from various shopkeepers. The money was kept in a cloth bag, which was further wrapped in a polythene bag. They hired an auto-rickshaw for Chandni Chowk and when the auto-rickshaw reached Defence colony Flyover at Lala Lajpat Rai Marg, it was waylaid by four persons who were on two motor-cycles. They tried to snatch the bag but the victims resisted. Then, the assailants threw chilly powder in their eyes and escaped carrying the bag with them. It is not just the common man, but even the people's representatives are not safe. On March 14, former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel's mobile phone was snatched while he was travelling in a car in north Delhi, however, the police thi ...