UP: 18-year-old chases, overpowers jewellery snatcher in Gorakhpur; accused escape with loot

An 18-year-old woman chased and briefly overpowered a youth who snatched gold jewellery from her family's shop in the Gola area here, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday and was captured on CCTV. The video was widely shared on social media, hailing the woman's bravery. According to officials, two youths entered ''Devansh Swarnkala Kendra'' posing as customers and asked to see ornaments. When shown gold earrings, one of them grabbed around 20 grams of jewellery and ran. Amrita Verma, 18, who was alone at the shop, chased them for nearly 100 metres. CCTV footage shows Amrita catching hold of one accused and throwing him to the ground. A scuffle followed, during which she suffered a minor injury on her hand. The accused, however, managed to escape and fled with the jewellery with his aide, who was waiting on a motorcycle nearby. Amrita, a BA second-year student, said, ''This is our hard-earned livelihood. When they tried to snatch it, I decided to fight back despite getting injured.'' Shop owner Rakesh Verma said the stolen jewellery is worth around Rs 2.5 lakh. SHO Rakesh Roshan Singh said, ''Based on the complaint, a probe is underway and CCTV footage is being examined to identify the accused.'' Additional SP South Dinesh Kumar Puri said, ''A case has been registered under relevant sections of BNS, and efforts are on to trace the accused.''

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