Lucknow, Sept. 22 -- Police are now investigating the death of Gudamba's Atul Kumar Jain, who died while chasing two chain-snatchers on a motorcycle here on Saturday, as a potential murder after evidence and eyewitness accounts suggested that the attack on him was deliberate, police officials said.

A senior police official, wishing anonymity, said murder charges would be added to the existing FIR, which showed the cause of death to be a road accident.

Jain, 30, was returning home when he saw a woman being targeted by two chain-snatchers. CCTV footage shows him chasing the duo on his scooter near Number Four intersection around 6:15 am.

An eyewitness said: "I saw two vehicles approaching from the direction of the Four Number Chauraha. T...