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Porvorim and Saligao police have recovered two gold chains worth Rs 3.7 lakh from goldsmiths in Pune and Kolhapur, after they had been stolen from senior citizens in PDA colony in Porvorim, and Alto Belavista in Sangolda
Police had earlier arrested Ranpriya Ajay Hasmukh alias Macchi Kishorebhai (44) from Navsari-Gujarat in this connection.
Police said the accused had allegedly sold a gold chain worth Rs 1.8 lakh snatched from Porvorim to a goldsmith in Pune and a gold chain worth Rs 1.9 lakh snatched from Sangolda to a jeweller in Kolhapur.
On June 7, a gold chain worth Rs 1.9 lakh was snatched from the neck of Dr Arun Valwaikar (75) of Alto Bellavista, Sangolda, while on July 24, a gold chain worth Rs 1.8 lakh was snatched from the neck of one Harihar from PDA Colony Porvorim .
As soon as the cases were registered, Porvorim police immediately started investigation and verified the CCTV camera footage of the area where the theft incident took place and arrested the accused on July 27.
