Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- In the third such incident in last two months, a gang of women snatchers targeted a patient boarding a bus near the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), robbing her of her gold bangles.

The victim, Sunita, a resident of Yamunanagar's Rapauli village, is a cancer patient who had come with her husband for her three-weekly consultation on Saturday. After the consultation was rescheduled for Monday, the couple decided to head back home. They were trying to board a bus to Nayagaon, from near the OPD gate around 2.15 pm, when two to three women stood near the front gate of the bus, blocking their way. When the conductor asked them to move, they reluctantly stepped aside. Moments later, Suni...