There are 8 accused in the gang, including three women
District SP Akhil Mahajan
Adilabad: The Adilabad district police have caught a gang of interstate thieves who are targeting old and single women and stealing gold chains from women’s necks in many states and in Adilabad district. District SP Akhil Mahajan said that a total of 8 accused including three women and five men were arrested and the car, auto, gold ornaments and cell phones used in the thefts were seized from them.
The details were disclosed in a press conference organized on Wednesday.
He said that the accused from Wardha area of Maharashtra have formed a gang and are committing chain snatchings in Maharashtra as well as Telangana, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh states. The accused used to travel in cars and autos to reach towns and target elderly women walking alone. The female accused who used to pick up women in an auto, convince her with words, and sit next to her … would divert the attention of the victim by pretending to vomit. At the same time, another woman used to steal the gold chain from the victim’s neck by biting it with her mouth. After that, they dropped the victim and ran away from there. It is claimed that the women steal an auto with a fake number and travel a short distance, transfer in the car and push the auto with the men in the car, who are committing fraud.
He said that they are involved in jalsa by melting the stolen gold ornaments and breaking them into pieces and selling them little by little when necessary.
A week ago, a woman was picked up in an auto in Adilabad town, stole a gold chain from her neck and fled. In the year 2025 on the occasion of Sri Rama Navami, during the celebrations held in Adilabad, gold chains were stolen from the necks of women during meals. Similarly, gold chains were stolen from women’s necks while they were having meals at the Ram temple on the side of the national highway.
On 31.10.2026, in Nirmal town, they stole gold chains from the necks of two women and gave them to two members of the gang for safekeeping, and while coming to Adilabad to commit more chain snatchings, the accused tried to run away on seeing the police and interrogated them.
He said that six cases have been registered against the accused in Nirmal districts of Adilabad, Similarly, investigations have revealed that they have committed many crimes in the states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka. All the accused hailed from Wardha area of Maharashtra.
In this meeting Adilabad DSP L. Jeevan Reddy, One Town Inspector B Sunil Kumar, CCS Inspector Chandrasekhar, SSI N Naganath, Staff Ramesh, Rukmareddy, Hanumanthu, Naresh, Jogendra Singh, Akhil, Cyber Crime RSI Gopikrishna, Cyber Crime Staff Trishul, Anvesh, Staff and others participated.
