Panchkula: Doctor loses gold pendant to thief near Sector 10 school

A doctor lost her gold pendant to a bike-borne thief while she was dropping her son off to school at 8:42 am in Sector 10 of Panchkula on Monday.

Dr Shikha, a resident of Sector 10, lodged a complaint with the local police, saying a man on a motorbike, dressed in a pink-purple kurta pajama with a bag on his back, approached her from the back, near the toddler world school. Sector 10.

The suspect tried to snatch her gold chain. Dr. Shikha resisted, managing to keep the chain, but the pendant was grabbed by the thief as the chain broke in his hand. The accused, wearing a helmet, fled on a motorbike.

In response to Dr Shikha’s complaint, the police registered a case under Section 304 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and further investigations are underway.