India, May 7 -- PUNE Four cases of chain snatching were lodged in the city on May 5, said police. In the first case, a forty-eight-year-old woman lodged a complaint with Shivajinagar police stating that an unidentified thief snatched her gold chain while she was boarding a city bus near the railway station on May 4. The case was lodged on May 5 against the accused.

In the second case, the Bharati Vidyapeeth police have lodged a case against a thief for stealing gold, silver ornaments and cash worth Rs.1.49 lakh from the purse of a woman visiting Katraj Zoo. The incident took place on May 4, and the case was lodged on May 5.

In the third case, the Baner police have lodged a case against a thief for stealing a gold chain from the residenc...