Purse Snatching

In a disturbing incident in an upscale area of Punjab's Jalandhar, an elderly woman was dragged behind a scooter, her head scraping against the road, by two thieves who were trying to snatch her purse.

A school teacher was shot at on Thursday by gunmen, who snatched his motorcycle and purse in Golaghat district of Assam, police said.

Devi, a resident of Brahampuri, tried to catch the accused, Nasir (34), but he then snatched her purse and tried to flee, the officer said.

A 56-year-old woman died after falling off an e-rickshaw when three scooter-borne men snatched her purse in northwest Delhi's Prashant Vihar area, police said on Thursday.

A court in Bihar's Nalanda district has pardoned a 16-year-old boy, detained for snatching a woman's purse, after it found that the accused had stolen to feed his brother and mentally-challenged mother, who were hungry for several days due to the nationwide lockdown.

Two unidentified bike-borne anti-social elements today snatched the purse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's niece in North Delhi's Civil Lines.

A 26-year-old woman was injured after two men on a bike in Delhi's Civil lines area tried to snatch away her mother's purse from inside an auto-rickshaw, following which she fell off from the vehicle, the police said.

A woman narrowly escaped death after she was dragged behind a motorcycle while trying to catch the assailants who robbed her in Delhi's Janakpuri on Friday. Shocking CCTV footage shows the woman, 53, falling as she held on to her bag even as the robbers moved ahead on the bike.

Nirmal, who is a teacher at a government school, was travelling in an auto rickshaw when the two men on bike snatched her purse and fled in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras.

A pickpocket was injured when he was hit by a train after he jumped on to the Delhi Metro track while fleeing after snatching the purse of a woman passenger on Tuesday evening, police said.

A woman passenger suffered minor injuries attempting to retrieve her bag containing Rs 1.5 lakh cash taken away by a man while travelling in the Newdelhi-Ernakulam Mangla Express in the Kesargod today.

A woman working with an English newspaper was today allegedly robbed of her purse and assaulted by an auto driver. Sapna Choudhary, who resides in Delhi, was waiting for a bus near Sector 37 to go to her office when the auto driver approached her, police said.

A police officer, male, is on camera forcibly removing the dupatta or stole of two teenaged girls accused of snatching a woman's purse in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.

A shoplifter, who snatched a $1,500 purse from a boutique, later returned it to the store.

In a disturbing incident in an upscale area of Punjab's Jalandhar, an elderly woman was dragged behind a scooter, her head scraping against the road, by two thieves who were trying to snatch her purse.

A school teacher was shot at on Thursday by gunmen, who snatched his motorcycle and purse in Golaghat district of Assam, police said.

Devi, a resident of Brahampuri, tried to catch the accused, Nasir (34), but he then snatched her purse and tried to flee, the officer said.

A 56-year-old woman died after falling off an e-rickshaw when three scooter-borne men snatched her purse in northwest Delhi's Prashant Vihar area, police said on Thursday.

A court in Bihar's Nalanda district has pardoned a 16-year-old boy, detained for snatching a woman's purse, after it found that the accused had stolen to feed his brother and mentally-challenged mother, who were hungry for several days due to the nationwide lockdown.

Two unidentified bike-borne anti-social elements today snatched the purse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's niece in North Delhi's Civil Lines.

A 26-year-old woman was injured after two men on a bike in Delhi's Civil lines area tried to snatch away her mother's purse from inside an auto-rickshaw, following which she fell off from the vehicle, the police said.

A woman narrowly escaped death after she was dragged behind a motorcycle while trying to catch the assailants who robbed her in Delhi's Janakpuri on Friday. Shocking CCTV footage shows the woman, 53, falling as she held on to her bag even as the robbers moved ahead on the bike.

Nirmal, who is a teacher at a government school, was travelling in an auto rickshaw when the two men on bike snatched her purse and fled in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras.

A pickpocket was injured when he was hit by a train after he jumped on to the Delhi Metro track while fleeing after snatching the purse of a woman passenger on Tuesday evening, police said.

A woman passenger suffered minor injuries attempting to retrieve her bag containing Rs 1.5 lakh cash taken away by a man while travelling in the Newdelhi-Ernakulam Mangla Express in the Kesargod today.

A woman working with an English newspaper was today allegedly robbed of her purse and assaulted by an auto driver. Sapna Choudhary, who resides in Delhi, was waiting for a bus near Sector 37 to go to her office when the auto driver approached her, police said.

A police officer, male, is on camera forcibly removing the dupatta or stole of two teenaged girls accused of snatching a woman's purse in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.

A shoplifter, who snatched a $1,500 purse from a boutique, later returned it to the store.