Bhubaneswar: Two snatching cases were reported in the city on Thursday.
According to reports, one Ambika Sahu of Chari Chha
k area near Konark in Puri district had recently come to her paternal house at Banamalipur village on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
On Thursday, Ambika was going to a temple at the village with her minor son to perform Makar Sankranti puja when she was intercepted by two bike-borne miscreants. They snatched the gold chain from her neck and fled the area.
Following a complaint, Balipatna police rushed to the village and begun an investigation. The incident was recorded on a CCTV camera nearby, police said.
In another incident, an old woman was on way to her house from a market at Ghatikia when three youths came in a bike and snatched two gold chains from her neck near Vipul Gardens apartment.
The woman later lodged a complaint at Khandagiri police station.