Mumbai: A ten-year-old woman fought and prevented a bike-riding man’s try to steal her grandmother’s chain in a Pune road on Thursday, officers mentioned. According to the police report, the incident occurred on February 25 in Pune’s Model Colony neighborhood whereas Lata Ghag, 60, was returning house along with her granddaughter Rutvi Ghag. “A bike-riding man tried to steal the chain my grandmother was wearing under the guise of asking for directions. When Rutvi Ghag, 10, saw this, he began punching him in the face with a bag. Once his effort to take the chain failed, the man departed the scene ” as per the grievance.
“A 10-year-old girl foiled an attempt by a chain snatcher to snatch her grandmother’s chain in Maharashtra’s Pune City The incident took place on February 25 & an FIR was registered yesterday after the video of the incident went viral,” as quoted by ANI.
#WATCH | A ten-year-old woman foiled an try by a sequence snatcher to grab her grandmother’s chain in Maharashtra’s Pune City
The incident occurred on February 25 & an FIR was registered yesterday after the video of the incident went viral.
(CCTV visuals confirmed by police) pic.twitter.com/LnTur7pTeU
— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2023
The lady’s son-in-law mentioned she and her two granddaughters had been on their approach to her daughter’s home when the incident occurred.
According to the officers, “While they were walking, a man on scooter stopped on the pretext of asking for directions and tried to snatch the chain my mother-in-law was wearing. She started shouting and caught hold of his collar, and ten-year-old Juhi (name changed) started hitting him with a bag,” he mentioned. “The man then fled from the spot as his attempt to snatch the chain was foiled,” he mentioned. His mother-in-law fell throughout the scuffle and obtained bruises on her arms, he added.
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