Nagpur: Two unidentified men riding a motorcycle allegedly snatched a 15-gram gold chain worth ₹30,000 from a 70-year-old woman in the Beltarodi area of Nagpur on Thursday evening.

According to the police, the victim, Mala Vinayakrao Jorande, a resident of Manohar Gruhnirman Society near Parijat Enclave in Beltarodi, was returning home from a hospital with her son. She was riding pillion on her son’s motorcycle when the incident occurred around 7.30 pm on October 15.

As they were passing through the lane near a showroom, opposite Parijat Enclave, two men aged between 25 and 30 approached them on a motorcycle. The accused allegedly pulled the gold chain from the woman’s neck and fled with it.

The chain weighed approximately 15 grams and was valued at ₹30,000, according to the complaint.

Following the incident, Beltarodi police registered a case under Sections 304(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The accused have not been identified or arrested, and further investigation is underway.