MARGAO: In a daring chain-snatching case that occurred at Aquem in broad daylight on Thursday morning, a motorcycle-borne miscreant snatched the chain of a woman while she, along with her husband, was waiting for a bus.
The value of the mangalsutra is pegged at around Rs 4.80 lakh. Ramnath Gaonkar, husband of victim Sangeet, told the media that he and his wife walked to Aquem to catch a bus to go to their native place at Sanquelim when a motorcycle-borne assailant appeared on the scene and snatched the mangalsutra before speeding away.
The victim has lodged a complaint with the Margao police.
