India, Aug. 6 -- A 30-year-old BCA graduate and former HR executive of a multinational company in Mohali, was arrested by the Chandigarh Police for his involvement in over a dozen snatching incidents across the UT, Mohali, and Panchkula.

The accused, identified as Abhishek Ojha, a native of Agra residing in Panchkula's Sector 7, had allegedly turned to crime after watching YouTube videos on snatchings. His associate, a courier company employee who received and hid the stolen jewellery in Agra, has also been arrested.

Ojha was arrested on August 1 by a team from the Sector 31 police station. The cops subsequently recovered five gold chains, a gold mangalsutra, and two gold pendants, apart from the motorcycle and weapon used in the crime,...