Police said the two were arrested when they tried to evade checking vehicles. (Representative)
Hyderabad:
Two MBA graduates, both friends, were arrested in Warangal district on Sunday for snatching chains to meet their expenses, a senior police officer said.
Three gold chains and two bikes were recovered from them. Senior police officer Tarun Joshi said that one used to run a paan shop, while the other was a medical representative.
Police said that both the men, aged 32 and addicted to alcohol, used to spend a lot of their income and plan to make quick money through chain snatching as they were unable to meet their expenses.
While roaming on a bike, he targeted women walking alone in rural areas and snatched their chains.
Police arrested the duo on suspicion that they tried to escape while the vehicles were being checked.
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