Bhatkal: In a shocking daylight incident, unidentified snatchers fled after forcibly stealing a gold chain from an elderly woman in the Belke Girdihitlu area of Bhatkal taluk. The incident occurred around 1.30 pm on Saturday.

The victim, 70-year-old Honnamma Madev Naik, stated that she was standing outside her house located along the roadside when two unidentified persons arrived on a motorcycle. They initially claimed to have come to deliver a courier, mentioning a person’s name. When the woman informed them that no such person lived there, the accused introduced themselves as local residents and courier staff and asked for drinking water.

As the woman brought water from inside the house, the person seated in the front drank it and asked her to bring more. When she turned back to fetch

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