Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 6: Following a chain snatching incident in Kali Jani area of Moti Bazar, Police allegedly refused to register complaint in this regard even as one of the two accused was handed by locals to the Police Post Parade.
The incident took place this evening around 9.30 pm. when two youth snatched chain from a woman namely Kailash Sharma, wife of Sat Pal, resident of H No 250 Kali Jani, who was talking on mobile phone on entrance of her house. As the woman raised an alarm over chain snatching, her son and other neighbours chased the accused and succeeded to catch one of them, who was thrashed by the people. People also recovered the chain from his possession and took him to Police Post Parade for registration of a case in this regard.
However, Police allegedly discouraged the woman and her son from filing a complaint in this regard on the pretext of legal wrangling.
When contacted, Incharge PP Parade, SI Deepak Katoch claimed that the victim did not want to file complaint in the incident as the chain was recovered. However, he admitted that one of the two accused, identified as Vinod Kumar of Punjab, presently putting up near Dogra Hall Jammu, has been handed over to Police.
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