Crime · RudrapurRudrapur City report
Four arrested for allegedly snatching gold locket from young man's neck in Transit Camp: locket and bike recovered; police say they robbed as a gang

Police have arrested four young men accused of snatching a gold Hanuman locket from a young man's neck in the Transit Camp area of Rudrapur. According to Dainik Bhaskar, the young man, from Bihar and living in Transit Camp, complained on October 31 that motorcycle-borne youths snatched his locket at about 6:30 pm on October 25 as he was returning with vegetables. Acting on information, police caught the four accused, aged 19 to 22, in front of the Van Shakti temple on Anandpur Road; the locket was found on one of them and the motorcycle was also recovered. According to Hindustan, police used CCTV footage and say the accused robbed as a gang and were planning another crime. All four were produced in court.