6-tola gold chains snatched in 2 cases

Hyderabad: Thieves snatched a gold chain from a 60-year-old tailor G Latha, at Chintal in

Jeedimetla

on Tuesday night. When Latha was walking home from her shop, an unknown offender came on a scooter from opposite direction and snatched her 2.5tola gold chain. In another case, an offender snatched a four

tola

gold chain of E

Padmaja Reddy

, 45, a private employee from

KPHB Colony

on Tuesday. The incident happened around 8 pm when the victim returned to her apartment after shopping. The offender followed her to the lift, after asking her for an address, and suddenly snatched three gold chains which were on her. He dropped one chain, police said.