India, July 2 -- LUCKNOW In a breakthrough against street crime, the Lucknow Police arrested 25-year-old Mohd Asif, a notorious chain snatcher targeting women on their early morning walks in residential neighbourhoods.

"Two of the victims were connected to law enforcement families, and these two back-to-back chain-snatching cases caused considerable concern in the community. The arrest was made by the Krishna Nagar police team on Tuesday," said DCP (south) Nipun Agarwal at a press conference.

The man has a criminal history spanning 11 previous cases, including kidnapping, robbery, illegal arms possession, and multiple incidents of snatching mostly in Lucknow, also in Kanpur and Amethi. Cases are registered against him in police stations...