Bizman who chased & caught chain snatcher honoured

Hyderabad: Cyberabad commissioner appreciated the heroic act of a 25-year-old businessman, who single-handedly chased and caught a chain snatcher.

At 6.50 pm on April 4, B Ganesh Yadav, who runs a bike resale and vehicle finance business, noticed an auto driver snatching the gold chain of an old woman at RC Puram Sunday market and chased the snatcher on his scooter.

“The auto driver had covered his vehicle number plate with cardboard. While riding the scooter, I noticed that the woman suddenly started screaming and the auto speeding past me. I gave a chase and overtook the auto at ICRISAT main gate when he was trying to take a U-turn. I blocked his way and confronted him,” Ganesh Yadav told TOI.

The chain snatcher tried to fool Ganesh, saying that he panicked after the auto brushed past the woman and fled from the market.

Ganesh then questioned about him concealing the vehicle registration number and found a packet of chilli powder and the snatched gold chain under the auto driver’s seat. “I took his phone and made him drive back to Sunday market in the auto. I followed on my scooter. Police reached there and I handed over the gold chain and phone to them,” Ganesh said.

Ganesh said that he has always been keen on social service and helping the poor. Ganesh’s mother works in GHMC and his brother is a software professional. Two weeks earlier, Ganesh and his friend chased and caught two cellphone thieves at RC Puram after chasing them on foot for five kilometres.

On Tuesday, Sajjanar felicitated Ganesh Yadav at the commissionerate and gave him a cash reward.


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