Bike-borne men rob elderly woman of gold earrings; cops arrest 1, recover jewellery
An 82-year-old woman was robbed of her gold earrings after two motorcycle-borne men approached her outside her house and one of them snatched the ornaments from her ears in broad daylight in Punjab’s Moga.
The incident, which took place in Guru Arjun Dev Nagar, was captured on CCTV, with the footage subsequently going viral on social media.
Police have arrested one of the accused and recovered the stolen earrings, while efforts are underway to apprehend his accomplice.
The elderly woman, identified as Harjit Kaur, was sitting on a chair outside her residence when the two men arrived on a motorcycle.
The suspects stopped near her under the pretext of asking for directions and engaged her in conversation.
During the interaction, one of the men, who was riding a pillion, suddenly pulled the gold earrings from her ears before both fled the spot.
The elderly woman raised an alarm screaming and yelling immediately after the incident, but the accused had managed to escape by then. Following the robbery, her family approached the police and lodged a complaint.
Acting on the complaint, police launched an investigation and examined CCTV footage from cameras installed in the locality.
The footage helped investigators identify the suspects and trace their movements, leading to the arrest of one of them.
Confirming the development, DSP Gurpreet Singh said, "An 82-year-old woman named Harjit Kaur was sitting outside her house in Guru Arjun Dev Nagar when two bike-borne men approached her and plucked her earrings".
"Following a complaint, we registered into the matter and arrested one suspect identified as Parminder Singh. We have also recovered the woman’s earrings from him. We are in search of the other accused Inderjit Singh and will capture him soon surely," he added.
The senior cop further said that the arrested accused would be produced before the court and that the investigation was being taken forward through interrogation. "We will let you know as the investigation progresses".ELDERLY WOMAN ROBBED IN MUMBAI
The Moga robbery comes days after a similar incident in Mumbai’s Kandivali West, where an elderly woman was attacked and robbed of her gold chain by a man posing as a delivery agent inside a residential society on November 3.
That incident was also captured on CCTV and the footage circulated on social media.
Meanwhile, Moga police are continuing their investigation to establish the sequence of events and recover further evidence.
With one suspect in custody and the stolen ornaments recovered, the immediate priority remains tracking down the second accused, identified as Inderjit Singh, and bringing him to justice.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.- EndsInputs by Tanmoy Samanta
