Septuagenarian's bag with Rs 50,000 snatched in Nagpur apartment compound

A bag-snatching incident has been reported in broad daylight in the Gittikhadan police station area of Nagpur. An unidentified man snatched a bag from a 70-year-old man in the Radiant Apartment premises of Nagbhumi Society in Deepak Nagar and fled. The bag contained Rs 50,000 in cash and important documents.

The elderly man ran after the accused to catch him, but lost his balance and fell, and the accused got away. The entire incident has been captured on a CCTV camera installed in the apartment complex.

According to the information available, the victim, Dnyaneshwar Naik, had gone to Indian Bank in Federal Colony on October 26. He withdrew Rs 1.50 lakh from his pension account and was returning home. He had kept Rs 50,000 of it in a bag and the rest in his trouser pocket.

After reaching home, Naik was standing near the lift in the apartment premises when an unidentified man who had arrived on a two-wheeler snatched the bag of cash from his hand and sped away.

The bag held more than the Rs 50,000 in cash. It also contained the bank passbook, a cheque book and a pension payment order book. After the snatching, Naik ran after the accused, but fell as he lost his balance, and the accused managed to escape from the spot.

On receiving information about the incident, Gittikhadan police have registered a case against the unidentified accused. The accused is said to be around 30 to 35 years old. Police are going through footage from the CCTV cameras in the apartment complex to identify and catch him.

On the basis of preliminary information, it is suspected that the accused had been following the elderly man from the bank itself. Police are investigating the case.