Within 24 hours bike borne miscreants again snatches ₹1 lakh from near SBI New Silchar Branch

Feb. 4: Incidents of chain, money & mobile snatching continues unabated in Barak Valley with police failing to nab the culprits. Within 24 hours of a snatching incident outside HDFC Bank at Park Road, Silchar, another such incident occured on Friday at Hailakandi Road, Silchar. As per reports, a senior couple Shyamal Chakraborty and his wife Jyoti Chakraborty went to State Bank of India (SBI), New Silchar Branch at Hailakandi Road.

After withdrawing Rs.1 lakh from SBI at New Silchar Branch, Jyoti Chakraborty kept the money inside her bag. They were supposed to go to Silkuri. The couple then crossed the road and was just to board an auto-rickshaw,  when 2 persons came on a motorbike from behind, snatched the bag containing the money from Jyoti Chakraborty and fled away from the spot. The incident took place around 12.30 in the afternoon.

Before she could understand anything, the snatchers went away with the bag containing the money at a great speed. Immediately, the couple raised a hue and cry. People soon gathered there and informed the police. On reaching the spot, police started investigation into this incident. But just like the incident on Thursday near Park Road, police failed to make any arrest on Friday also.

The modus operandi being the same, panic has spread among the people of the town. People are now scared to withdraw money from the bank. In all such cases, bike borne miscreants wearing full mask helmets carry on such activities of snatching.

On 20 January, 2022, Rs. 1.5 lakh was snatched from a lady by two bike borne miscreants near Park Road, Silchar. On 2 February, Rs. 4 lakh was stolen in a similar manner from a person after he came out of SBI Badarpur Branch. Within 24 hours of the Badarpur incident, Silchar witnessed another such case when Rs. 5 lakh was snatched from a person near HDFC Bank at Park Road, Silchar on 3 February.