Man gets three years in jail for chain snatching in Salem
A Salem court has sentenced a 29-year-old man to three years in prison for a 2016 chain-snatching incident. The case, which involved three original suspects, concluded with one conviction, one death, and one acquittal.
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A court in Salem on Wednesday (September 30) sentenced a 29-year-old man to three years in jail for chain snatching.
According to police, Baby (72), a resident of Sivaji Nagar near Ammapet was walking down a road in the locality on May 2, 2016 when three persons, including Arunachalam (29) of Kitchipalayam, came on a motorcycle, attacked her and snatched her 4.5 sovereign chain.
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