Chandigarh, Dec. 29 -- In a daylight incident, members of an alleged chain-snatching gang managed to flee from a police cordon in Ludhiana on Monday, despite being surrounded on a busy road. The dramatic episode, which unfolded around 11:15 am on Dandi Swami Road, was captured on CCTV.
Police said a car carrying suspected gang members was intercepted near a major traffic junction where vehicles were halted due to a red signal. A police team, which had been trailing the car, attempted to detain the occupants. The vehicle reportedly had three people inside, a woman and two men.
As police personnel tried to pull the suspects out of the car, the driver repeatedly moved the vehicle forward and backwards to escape. Officers attempted to open th...