mumbai a gold chain theft and an accident have led to the arrest of two alleged chainsnatchers about a fortnight ago businessman motilal oswal and his wife vimala were on morning walk at walkeshwar when two men on a bike snatched vimalas gold chain worth rs 60000 oswal tried to chase them but they sped away the couple lodged a complaint at malabar hill police station a scan of footage of cctvs in the locality threw up some leads said the policeafter the theft the two men headed towards tardeo at high speed when the rider lost balance and his bike ran over a road divider both were flung high and fell on the other side of the road officials from tardeo police station who were unaware of the chainsnatching got the duo admitted to jj hospitalthe two gave false names at the hospital scared of being caught they fled from hospital said neelkanth patil senior inspector of malabar hill police stationhowever as the pillion rider had suffered three fractures in a leg he needed medical treatment and got himself admitted to kem hospitalmeanwhile officials of malabar hill police station had got cctv footage of the suspects and were trying to establish their identity they were not aware that the two had met with an accident we got information that they were being treated in a hospital said a police officer the police reached nair and jj hospital but did not find the accused over a week later they learnt about one of them undergoing treatment at kem hospital police reached there and identified him as afsar shaikh 21 the alleged chainsnatcher he led them to the bike rider akash kanaujia 27 the front and rear number plates of the bike didnt match as it was a stolen bike said the officer the stolen chain is still to be recovered