Two men jailed for nine years each for serial chain snatching

Trichy: Two men were convicted on Friday and sentenced to three years' imprisonment each for three separate cases of chain snatching from women in Trichy over the past year. They will serve a total of nine years in prison for the offences.The convicted individuals are S Vignesh Kumar, 26, from Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district, and D Jagadish, 19, from Big Bazaar in Trichy. The incidents include one on July 25, 2025, when a woman riding pillion with her husband along the Trichy-Chennai national highway was targeted; another on Nov 11, involving a tuition teacher walking on road near Maruthi Nagar; and a third on Dec 16, when a college trainer was robbed while crossing the road near Samayapuram.The Samayapuram police registered three separate cases against the suspects under Section 304(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which deals with snatching of property and began investigations using witness statements and CCTV footsteps of the incidents.The duo was finally apprehended during a vehicle check on Dec 21. Police recovered some of the jewellery from them in melted form.The trial began on Feb 5 and concluded on Feb 9 at the judicial magistrate court in Trichy. Judge S Mohamed Suhail presided over the cases.On Friday, the judge delivered the verdict, sentencing each accused to three years of imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 per offence. In total, the two men were handed nine years of imprisonment each and a cumulative fine of 6,000.