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Chandigarh: 2 lose their phones to snatchers
Two residents lost their mobile phones to snatchers in the last 24 hours; this included a woman who was returning from work and a food delivery executive
Two residents lost their mobile phones to snatchers in the last 24 hours.
Anchal, a resident of Ram Darbar, who works at a factory was on her way back home on Friday night when her mobile phone was snatched near Kuldeep Army Store in Phase 2, Industrial Area.
Also, Vikram Singh, a resident of Burail village, who works as a delivery executive for a food aggregator, told the police that he on his cycle to deliver food in Sector 23, and when he reached near Sector 32/33-45/46 chowk, a man on a motorcycle snatched his mobile phone.
Snatching cases have been registered in both incidents.
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