Police arrest two chain-snatchers after 3-hour chase

NASHIK: A strange drama unfolded on city streets on Saturday, when alleged Iranian chain snatchers gave the cops a run for their money. The men-in-khaki were seen chasing four Iranians on two motorbikes for almost three hours before they could nab two for allegedly being involved in three chain-snatching cases over an hour. The other two got away.
After having received information about the chain snatching incidents starting from Sarkarwada around 8am, then to Upanagar and Panchavati, the police commissioner, S Jaganathan swung into action alerting his field staff on wireless and asking then to coordinate efforts.
"Setting up barricades, implementing naka bandi and spreading beat marshals across the city was done immediately along with senior police officials and field staff chasing the two bikes," said deputy commissioner of police (zone II), Shrikant Dhivare.
Dhivare said acting on the information, assistant commissioner of police and other officials chased one bike while senior police inspector of Ambad police station B D Bardekar and police sub inspector, Mahesh Ingole chasing the other bike.
The two Iranians took to an isolated area near Kalika Park and the staff was told to block the road after which they were nabbed by inspector Bardekar and his team.
The two suspects held by the cops have been identified as Riyaz Faiyaz Irani and Muslim Yasin Khan, from Shrirampur located in Ahmednagar district.
Assistant commissioner of police (crime), Sachin Gore said that two gold chains and one ring was recovered from the suspects. "The victims of the snatching were called for identifying the suspects, once they confirmed- arrests were made," he said. The police said the identity and location of the two who got away has been found and a search for them is on.