India, Nov. 11 -- Two men allegedly involved in multiple chain-snatching incidents in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) were arrested on Monday, the Noida Police said.

Police identified the suspects as Saurabh Yadav aka Goli, 28, originally from Kanpur, residing in Garhi Chaukhandi, Noida, and Shreyas Shukla, 25, from Azamgarh, residing in Khoda Colony, Ghaziabad.

The suspects allegedly sold the snatched jewellery to random buyers, and used the money for personal expenses besides funding their court cases, said officials.

Sumit Shukla, additional deputy commissioner of police (Noida), said, "They would target isolated areas and snatch gold chains from pedestrians. They targeted people in Sector 113, as broader roads allowed them ...