Bid to snatch chain fails, two men slash woman’s neck

CHENNAI: Two men escaped after attacking a college student at Chromepet in attempt to snatch her

chain

on Saturday night.


Police said the victim, 19-year-old Vinodhini of Nemilicherry, was heading home from a supermarket run by a relative on her two-wheeler when the incident took place. While passing by AGS Colony, she stopped to answer a phone call when two bike-borne men tried to snatch her

gold

chain from behind.

Vinodhini held onto her chain tightly but the duo

cut

her

neck

using a blade and fled. Passersby tried to catch the attackers but in vain. They took the victim to a private hospital nearby where the cut injury was sutured.

No one lodged a formal complaint. Police believe the two assailants were following her from the supermarket and suspect it to be a love affair gone wrong. They are skimming the CCTV camera footage from the vicinity to establish the identity of the duo.