Ludhiana, Aug. 17 -- A 55-year-old woman was assaulted and robbed barely a few steps from her home in the upscale Model Town area on Friday afternoon.

The victim, Alka Malhotra, wife of engineering goods industrialist Rohit Malhotra, was returning from a nearby market when the attack took place around 3.45 pm. CCTV footage from the street captured the chilling sequence of events.

Alka was just 10 metres from the main gate of her residence when a masked man on a red scooter approached and attempted to snatch her purse. The footage shows the snatcher tugging at the handbag slung over her left shoulder, causing her to lose balance and collapse face-first on the road.

Though the assailant initially sped ahead, he quickly returned after fai...