Thieves made off with the gold chains of four women while they were attending a religious discourse at a temple in Sector 7 on Wednesday.
One of the victims, Rajrani, a resident of Sector 7, told the police that she visited Durga Temple for attending a Bhagwat Geeta discourse at 4.30 pm. While participating in the prayers around 8 pm, she realised that her gold chain was missing from her neck. When she raised the alarm, three more women – Urmila Devi, Sushila Garg and Roshani – also realised that their gold chains were gone.
The women alerted the police, who registered a case under Section 379 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector 7 police station. Police are scanning CCTV footage to trace and nab the thieves, who they suspect could be multiple in number and merged with the crowd disguised as devotees.