Daijiworld Media Network-Bengaluru (RJP)

Bengaluru, Jun 16: A woman chased a robber, caught him with the help of public and then also dragged him to the police station here on Thursday. This will help the police to bust a gang of underage robbers, a senior police officer said.

Savithri (35) from Jalahalli, was about to board a bus at Hebbal when a young man snatched her phone and purse, and started running away. She gave a chase and during this time, the robber handed over the stolen items to an accomplice who fled in a different direction. Savithri, without losing focus, kept chasing the young robber and managed to catch him with the help of onlookers.

The robber was thrashed by the public subsequently. But before the situation could get out of hand, an onlooker offered to take Savithri and the youth to the police station. Police, after interrogating the suspect, leaned that he was only 15 years old.

However the police got some phone numbers from him and launched an investigation into a gang of juveniles which has been robbing people during the rush hours at bus stops on the stretch between Hebbal and Kodigehalli on Ballari Road.

Juveniles can get back to business after just three or four days once they are caught, said a police officer.