It was an instinctive decision for 22-year-old Sarang Kharat to follow chain snatchers after he saw a senior citizen screaming for help in Borivli. And it did prove productive when he was able to nab one of them after a two-km-long chase. The thief was handed over to the police.
<img title="Sarang Kharat heard the woman&rsquo;s plea for help and immediately followed the chain snatchers on his bike. Pic/Nimesh Dave" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/jun/Sarang-Kharat.jpg" alt="Sarang Kharat heard the woman&rsquo;s plea for help and immediately followed the chain snatchers on his bike. Pic/Nimesh Dave" /> Sarang Kharat heard the woman&rsquo;s plea for help and immediately followed the chain snatchers on his bike. Pic/Nimesh Dave
The incident occurred on Monday night around 10.30 pm when 67-year-old Shakuntala Jaikumar, who lives with her son Abhijit and daughter-in-law in Shramik Grahnirman Sanstha in Borivli&rsquo;s Gorai area, stepped out of the house to go to a nearby ration shop. When she was returning home, two bike-borne miscreants snatched her chain, pushed her and tried to flee by speeding away. &ldquo;I fell down when the person snatched the chain from my neck and I immediately got up and ran behind him screaming thief, thief. When I saw them speed away, I came inside the building to ask for help,&rdquo; she said.
Helping hand But her voice had been heard by Kharat, a contractor, who was sitting on his bike at the end of that road. He then followed the chain snatchers. &ldquo;After I heard the woman, I saw two people on a motorbike trying to escape. I followed them and after around 2 km I managed to get close. I nudged their bike, which made the one riding it lose balance, and they fell. The pillion rider managed to flee, but I caught one of them,&rdquo; said Kharat.
After getting help from locals, he did go after the other one as he had the chain. &ldquo;When I tried to catch him, he put his hand in his pocket which made me think he had a weapon. So I backed off. Taking advantage, he ran away,&rdquo; added Kharat.
The arrested accused, identified as Mohd Aftab Mohammaddin Shaikh (42), a resident of Malwani, was produced in court and remanded in police custody for three days. Police have recovered a bike from him too.
While Shakuntala&rsquo;s family was on their way to the police station, they came to know that the chain snatcher had been caught by someone. Abhijit said, &ldquo;I appreciate Sarang Kharat&rsquo;s heroism. Hats off to him, for catching the thief without worrying about his life and handing him over to the police. In the future, if I ever get a chance to help someone, I will too.&rdquo;
The Borivli Police have registered a case against Aftab under Sections 394 and 34 of IPC.
&ldquo;We will present Sarang Kharat with a bravery certificate,&rdquo; said a Borivli police official.

Though one of the accused fled with the chain that they had stolen from a 67-year-old woman in Borivli, the other was handed over to the police by the youngster

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