'Press' sticker fails chainsnatcher

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, DEC. 25. Riyaz Khan, an alleged chain snatcher was certainly a smooth operator. He used to snatch gold chains from unsuspecting housewives and zoom away on his Yamaha motorcycle. This could be a normal modus operandi for any chain snatcher, but Khan used to ride past the police pickets without being checked. The reason...he had a `press' sticker affixed to his mobike.

Its common for even the police to wave away the `presswallah' during the surprise checks which are organised now and then. Khan, obviously noticed that the presswallahs get some preferential treatment from the police affixed the sticker on the motorcycle which was also a stolen one.

However, Khan was not that lucky when a police team of S.R. Nagar station picked him up while he was reportedly trying to sell a gold chain at Erragadda on Monday. He confessed to his involvement in five gold chain snatching cases. The police have also recovered five gold chains weighing over 10 tolas at his instance. The SR Nagar DSI Mr. P.R. Kosal Ram is investigating the case.

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