Overview
- Neelam alias Rita, 24, and her 17-year-old brother from Ambedkar Nagar were apprehended in Saket’s Pushp Vihar on October 27, police said.
- Officers recovered four gold chains weighing about 23 grams and a TVS Ntorq scooter believed to have been used in the crimes.
- Investigators linked the arrests to at least four registered cases across Malviya Nagar, Kotla Mubarakpur and Kartavya Path.
- Police described a pattern in which the woman, riding pillion, snatched chains as the boy drove, with the latest reported theft on October 25 near Mansingh Road.
- Police said both suspects are drug users, noted the woman’s prior theft case and their father’s 2018 robbery link, and said further investigation is underway.