Teen girl chases, overpowers chain snatcher in Gola

Gorakhpur: In a courageous act, an 18-year-old girl chased and briefly overpowered a youth, who snatched gold jewellery from her family’s shop in Gola area on Monday evening. The entire incident was captured on CCTV.

According to police, two youths entered the shop posing as customers and asked to see jewellery. When shown gold earrings, one of them allegedly grabbed around 20 grams of jewellery and fled. Amrita Verma, a BA second-year student, who was alone at the shop, immediately chased them for nearly 100 metres.

CCTV footage shows Amrita catching hold of one of the accused and throwing him to the ground. A scuffle ensued, during which she sustained a minor injury to her hand. However, the accused managed to break free and escaped with his accomplice, who was waiting nearby on a motorcycle.

Shop owner Rakesh Verma said the stolen jewellery is valued at around Rs2.5 lakh.

SHO Rakesh Roshan Singh said, “Based on the complaint, a probe is underway and CCTV footage is being examined to identify the accused.”

SP South Dinesh Kumar Puri said, “ A case has been registered under relevant sections of BNS, and efforts are on to trace the accused.”
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