Bags snatched from ex-CM’s daughter and another woman in Rewa; jewellery, cash lost
In two daylight incidents near AG College turning in Rewa, miscreants snatched bags from Kumudini Singh, daughter of former CM Govind Narayan Singh, and another woman whose bag held jewellery worth over Rs 10 lakh.
Two sensational daylight robbery incidents involving women were reported in Rewa city on Wednesday, 20 August. In one, miscreants snatched the bag of Kumudini Singh, daughter of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Govind Narayan Singh and sister of former BJP MLA Dhruvnarayan Singh. At the same spot, another woman’s bag, containing jewellery worth over Rs 10 lakh, was also snatched. Both incidents occurred near the AG College turning in the Civil Lines police station area.
Kumudini Singh
Former CM’s daughter said: my hands and feet are still trembling
Kumudini Singh told police she had got off the Bilaspur-Rewa Express and boarded an auto-rickshaw to go home. Near AG College, miscreants first snatched a man’s mobile phone. Seeing this, she tried to secure her bag, but the miscreants came up to her and snatched it. The bag held about Rs 30,000 in cash. She was terrified by the incident and said: today I realised that anything could have happened to me; my hands and feet are still trembling.
Second woman’s bag held jewellery worth lakhs
At the same spot on Wednesday, another woman, Anjali Dwivedi, was also robbed. Her brother-in-law Raghavendra Pandey said that as they were heading by auto-rickshaw toward the station to go to Jabalpur, miscreants snatched the bag. It contained jewellery and ornaments worth lakhs of rupees.
Police action
Civil Lines police registered cases in both incidents. Police also received information that the miscreants’ location had been traced to the Boda Bagh area. Police were searching for the accused.
