Pune, Apr 23 (PTI) With over 100 incidents of chain snatching reported in the city in the last two months, Pune Police has deployed additional 400 policemen to step up vigilance.
Police blame the rising chain snatching incidents to the galloping prices of the yellow metal.
"There is a connection between rising prices of gold and the increasing incidents of chain and 'mangalsutra' snatching in the city and we have advised women to desist from displaying their ornaments while going for marriages and ceremonial functions," Prabhakar Patil, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Pune, told PTI.
According to police, inter-district gangs of chain snatchers operating in Pune have made women an "easy target" cashing in on their confused state of mind due to the suddenness of the attack that renders them unable to identify the culprit or the registration number of his vehicle.