A 28-year-old housewife was targeted by a youth who was traveling with her in an e-rickshaw in north-east Delhi’s Jyoti Nagar.
The targeted Anju, a resident of Trikona Park in Shahdara, was home returning after visiting a doctor in Brijpuri. “She had boarded the e-rickshaw from Yamuna Vihar bus stand at around 7.45 pm,” another police officer said.
The other passenger deboarded the e-rickshaw near MIG Flats in Loni Road, and was paying the driver when he all of a sudden snatched Anju’s purse. “Anju saw him fleeing towards Ashok Nagar and chased him,” the officer added. Before long, a PCR van also came to Anju’s help when she was seen running behind the man. The PCR van people overpowered the man near the gate of the MIG Flats society.The snatcher was arrested by the police and returned Anju’s bag.