Ludhiana, June 28 -- A 33-year-old advocate was robbed of his gold chain after a man posing as a beggar approached his car seeking Rs.50 before snatching the jewellery and fleeing with an accomplice in Ludhiana on Friday.

The incident took place in the busy Dabbu Market area when Rajdeep Singh Chugh, a resident of Model Town Extension, was sitting in his car with friends. According to the complaint, a young man knocked on the driver's side window and asked for Rs.50.

When Rajdeep rolled down the window and declined to give him money, the accused allegedly reached inside the vehicle, snatched the gold chain from around his neck and ran towards a motorcycle, where an accomplice was waiting. The duo escaped before the victim and his friend...