DRDO Chief's daughter's bag snatched; 1 held

New Delhi: The daughter of Chairman, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was targeted by snatchers in a train at Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station on Thursday evening.

Police said that they have arrested one accused in the case and recovered the stolen bag. According to police, the complainant G Snigdha, daughter of G Satheesh Reddy (Chairman, DRDO) reported that while she was travelling in Kerala Express from Gwalior to New Delhi Railway Station on December 12, around 4 pm, two persons snatched her purse and jumped-off the running train after it crossed the Nizamuddin railway station. "The incident happened five minutes after crossing the Nizamuddin railway station. After snatching the bag, the accused jumped out from the moving train into the bushes. The boys were wearing jeans and a t-shirt," the complainant told the police.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways) Harendra K Singh said that the bag contained diamond and gold ornaments valued at around

Rs 10 lakh, ATM cards and other documents. "The complainant had done a smart job by

taking a photo of the accused jumping off the train," said DCP Singh.

He further said that a close study of the picture revealed that the area was near the Delhi Zoo. The police team then started a thorough search of the area along with the intelligence unit. "Sustained efforts revealed the presence of two criminals at Mathura Railway Station when the train had stopped at Mathura junction," police said.

After narrowing down on the probable culprits, raids were conducted in the area around Sarai Kale Khan and one of the accused Pawan was arrested along with the entire stolen articles. The other accused fled the spot. Police identified the accused as Pawan Sharma (26), a native of Mathura. He was previously arrested in three cases. His associate Nand Kishore (22) is yet to be arrested.