vadodara two persons involved in over 20 chain snatchings and other crimes across the state were nabbed after a dramatic vehicle chase on mondaythe duo identified as mahesh dhakad and salimmiya alias sopari malek were arrested by the detection of crime branch dcb at nandesaripolice said that the duo rode their bike at a high speed on seeing the dcbs antichain snatching squad near gotri cops chased them for over eight km before they were knocked down near nandesari on national highway48 on interrogating the duo admitted robbing people in areas like manjalpur makarpura sayajigunj fatehgunj gotri karelibaug and jp road police stations since 2017this has been one of the biggest detections as the duo are historysheeters and have targeted both men and women during night hours said deputy commissioner of police jaideepsinh jadeja police had been on the hunt for the duo for the past two years based on several cctv cameras footages in which they are seen fleeing on a bikewhile dhakad a native of madhya pradesh has been involved in 36 chain snatching incidents and five vehicle thefts in bharuch surat and ahmedabad besides vadodara malek a resident of kheda was booked in five anagadiya robberies and seven chain snatchings in surat nadiad and ahmedabad jadeja added that malek had even murdered a person who had intervened in a robbery in mahidharpura area of suratwhen they are not indulged in criminal activities dhakad works as real estate broker and malek is busy with farming said jadejaeight gold necklaces and the bike used by them for robberies were seized