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Bengaluru: A chain snatcher and a thief died of suicide consuming cyanide fearing police arrest in K. R. Puram of the city. The police has launched an investigation on how he had procured cyanide.

According to the police, the arrested chain snatcher is C. Shankar, a 42-year-old resident of Andhra Pradesh. Police arrested his associate by the name Chandrasekhar.

According to the police, Shankar was involved in atleast 7 chain snatching incidents reported in the city. Deceased Shankar is a resident of Kottakota village.

On Wednesday July 28, the police were chading him for arrest, and Shankar fearing arrest consumed cyanide near Sulibele Anjaneya Temple. Even though he was rushed to a nearby hospital, he died.

A case has been registered at Sulibele Police Station.

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