Encounter between Ranchi police and chain snatchers: The accused fled after snatching a police pistol and opened fire, but was shot in the leg. Two accomplices were also arrested.

The police have tightened the noose around the Koda gang, which has been targeting women and committing chain snatching incidents in Ranchi. On Sunday afternoon, an encounter took place between the police and criminals near Chuttu village in Ormanjhi police station area on the Ranchi-Ramgarh main road. In the action, the leader of the gang, Rangila, was injured after being shot in the leg during retaliatory firing by the police. The police caught him from the spot and took him for treatment.