Chandigarh: The Sector 34 police have arrested two men, including a repeat offender, for allegedly snatching a gold earring from a woman in Sector 44 and recovered the stolen jewellery along with the Honda Activa scooter used in the crime.The arrested accused have been identified as Yashpreet Singh, 18, a resident of Sector 32, and Kushal Walia alias Golu, 26, a resident of Burail, Sector 45. According to police, Walia has a prior criminal record involving eight cases of theft, snatching, and rape across Chandigarh and Mohali. Both were produced before a local court, which remanded them to judicial custody.The incident occurred around 10.40 am on Oct 14, when complainant Shiv Rani, a resident of Burail, was walking to her workplace in Sector 44-B. Two men on a scooter approached from the opposite direction and stopped. The pillion rider dismounted, approached her, and snatched a half-gram gold stud from her right ear before fleeing with his accomplice.Shiv Rani reported that the loosely fitted jewellery made it easy for the accused to pull it off, leaving her uninjured. CCTV cameras installed near the crime scene captured the incident. Following her statement, police tracked down the suspects, made the arrests, and recovered the snatched earring.
