New Delhi, April 13: The alleged kingpin of a chain snatchers’ gang, the members of which used to swallow the ornaments to avoid detection after committing the crime, was arrested today, police said.
Kallu alias Veery was apprehended from Paharganj by a special team of Central district on a tip-off. Two chains were recovered from his possession.
Police claimed that Kallu was the head of the group of chain snatchers who used to swallow the ornaments.
They later used to eat bananas in excess to get back the jewellery from excreta, police said.
Police claimed to have solved three cases of chain snatching with Kallu’s arrest.
Recently, he gave police a slip while his friend Rahul was arrested from Tagore Garden by the public as he also tried to flee after snatching a chain
–Agencies