Man snatches bag, attacks cop

MUMBAI: A 37-year-old man was arrested for

snatching a woman’s bag

and attacking a police constable, Pramod Patil, who tried to chase him on Monday.

The police said the accused, who was on a bike with his aide, snatched a

woman’s bag

around 11.30pm. The woman immediately raised an alarm for help. Two constables,

Siddharth Keni

and Pramod Patil, who were on patrol duty, heard the woman’s screams and rushed to her help. While the cops were chasing them, one of the accused attacked Patil with a sharp object. Passersby nabbed the accused, but one of them managed to escape.