THANE: An unidentified chain-snatcher targeted a 42-year-old woman from Kandivli aboard a long-distance train, grabbed her gold necklace and then escaped near Diva station early on Monday.
According to the Mumbai railway police, the woman was travelling alone and had boarded the S2 coach of Matsyagandha Express from Karwar on Sunday evening. Cops suspect the accused was travelling in the same coach. When the train neared Diva station around 5.45 am, the accused yanked the gold chain off her neck.
Before the woman could realise what had happened, he had jumped out of the running train, the police said. The coach was fairly occupied at the time of the incident. The Thane police have launched a manhunt for him based on the description given by the victim.
The Diva-Niljhe stretch was once notorious for robberies with similar modus operandi.
