Culprit in viral video of purse snatching arrested in Rawalpindi

Police arrested the culprit who snatched the purse of a schoolteacher early Friday morning in Rawalpindi.

As per reports, the victim’s brother, Mohammad Junaid Ahmed, a citizen of Dhoke Chaudhrian, told Race Course police that his sister, a schoolteacher, was going to her school when a motorcycle rider snatched her purse.

CCTV footage shows the suspect snatching the purse from the victim who then fell on the ground. She started collecting some of the valuables that fell from her purse. Two motorcycle riders helped her in picking up her stuff.

Terrible purse snatching incident in Rawalpindi.. FIR registered..
Those who are linking this incident with PM statement on Hijab are wrong.. pic.twitter.com/S4MgLn0SrV

— Waseem Abbasi (@Wabbasi007) June 25, 2021

The Rawalpindi police took to Twitter to announce the arrest of the culprit.

 “CPO Mohammad Ahsan Younus had taken notice of the incident and ordered the immediate arrest of the suspect. During the arrest, the suspect tried to open fire on the police due to which he got injured by his own pistol,” the tweet read.

راولپنڈی پولیس نے خاتون سے پرس سنیچنگ کرنے والا ملزم انیس اقبال گرفتار کرلیا۔

سی پی او محمد احسن یونس نے واقعہ کا نوٹس لیتے ہوئے ملزم کی فوری گرفتاری کے احکامات دیےتھے۔ دوران گرفتاری ملزم نے پولیس پر فائر کرنے کی کوشش کی جس دوران ملزم کو اپنے ہی پسٹل سے دائیں کلائی پر فائر لگا۔ pic.twitter.com/2J2jHdW9ow

— Rawalpindi Police (@RwpPolice) June 25, 2021

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According to a  press release, the suspect was arrested from Race Course area and had been involved in other thefts.

Mobile phone and purse snatching cases are on a rise in the garrison city. Five snatching incidents were reported on Thursday in Rawalpindi.