Mohali, May 25 -- A 45-year-old woman vendor chased down three youths with the help of neighbours after they allegedly stole two gas cylinders from her food cart in Sohana on Friday evening. Police said the complainant, Nirmala Devi, who runs a chhole-kulche cart near Baidwan Atta Chakki in Sohana, noticed around 6 pm that a Bharat Gas cylinder and a small (5 kg) cylinder attached to her cart were missing.

According to the FIR registered at the Sohana police station, she spotted a few youths carrying the cylinders towards the local market area. She immediately raised the alarm, following which her neighbour Amit Singh Tomar and a few other local residents joined the chase.

The residents managed to apprehend three men and recovered both ...