A 50 year old woman became victim of bike borne chain snatchers on Monday morning at Loha Bazar area while she was going toward a temple situated nearby.

Two masked men came on a black colored motorbike targeted the victim Kalpana Jain resident of Loha Bazar and snatched a gold chain weighing 1.25 tolas, said Hathipol police.

The victim woman rushed to her house and informed her family members about the mishap following which she lodged an FIR against the two unknown accused, police has launched manhunt and installed barricading in the city.

It seems that the culprits are intentionally targeting elderly women as they are easy to tackle and could not resist the attack. This is the second incident in last few days where an elderly woman was targeted by the accused for her gold chain.