Serial chain-snatcher shot at by police

Bengaluru | Tuesday | 19th June, 2018

Summary:

more-inThe city police opened fire on a notorious serial chain-snatcher and shot at his leg when he allegedly resisted arrest and attacked them on Monday morning. Police have announced a reward of ?1 lakh for Chandra Kumar, the constable who caught the chain-snatcher. However, the biker attacked him with a knife. After we fired a few rounds in the air and asked him to surrender, he attacked Veerabhadraiah, following which Praveen Yeligar shot at his leg. He is suspected of being involved in over 70 chain-snatching cases in Bengaluru and Tumakuru over the last few years..