Alerted by the screams of a woman whose gold chain had been snatched, two men chased the thief for about 300-metres and caught him. Fortunately for the woman, the two were policemen patrolling in plainclothes.

According to the police, 29-year-old Sangita Gundappa was headed to her workplace in Eskey Apartment near Chacha Nehru garden, Borivli West on Friday evening. She began to climb up the stairs when a person came from behind and tried to snatch her gold chain. She turned around and resisted, but the accused grabbed the chain, and managed to break it. He took it and began to run away. Gundappa ran behind him screaming "Chor, Chor!"