An unidentified person snatched a gold chain from a woman, S. Shanthi (26), who runs a petty shop, after broaching a conversation on the pretext of buying water packet, at Perungudi on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said that two persons came on a motorcycle to the shop. While the rider parked the vehicle at some distance, the other person approached the lone woman asking for a water packet. When the woman turned to get it, he snatched her four-sovereign gold chain. While the woman managed to catch hold of a piece of the chain weighing three sovereigns, the robber escaped with the rest with his accomplice waiting on the motorcycle.
Perungudi police have registered a case of robbery.