Snake scare to rob, one held in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Lake Police has nabbed a person belonging to a gang of Delhi-based kepmars that scared their victims with snakes and then fleeing with their valuables. Cops said the gang had been operating in the city since Durga Puja and would have left the city in the

New Year

. Raids are on to nab the two other gang members.


Police said two months ago the three had snatched a gold ring fitted with a red stone from

Lake Gardens

resident Arnab Chatterjee’s finger.