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Woman chases robbers who snatched bag that had her mom’s medicines
NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old woman was injured after she chased two robbers who snatched her bag that contained life-saving medicines for her mother.
NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old woman was injured after she chased two robbers who snatched her bag that contained life-saving medicines for her mother.
The incident was reported from Mandawli, just days after a 28-year-old woman died chasing snatchers in outer Delhi.
The woman, Ankita Singh, reportedly fell on the railway culvert while chasing the robbers and injured herself. The robbers managed to flee.
Based on the woman’s complaint, the police have registered a case.
Singh told the police that she was returning home in Mandawali, with her ailing mother, around 6 pm when the robbers snatched the bag. She said the bag had Rs 20,000 cash. She had saved the money for her mother’s treatment. The disease that Ankita’s mother is suffering from was not immediately known.
“Singh said she was at the railway bridge near Mandawali when two youths sitting on the bridge’s railings snatched her handbag and fled towards a bushy patch,” a senior police officer said.
“Instead of raising an alarm, Singh chased the men for over a kilometre,” the officer said.
“She said that the men were challenging her to catch them. They went down a slope and Singh followed. She even managed to catch up with them and held her bag, but they pushed her back. The snatchers then managed to flee and Singh was injured. She fell on the thorny bushes and injured her foot and arms,” he said.
Singh’s mother raised alarm and the passersby rushed to help Singh. They found her lying on the thorny bushes. They took her to the hospital. In her statement, Singh told the police that she requested the men to take the cash but leave the medicines but they smiled at her.
A case was registered at the Mandawali police station.
