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Chandigarh: Snatchers fleeing with woman’s phone caught by public
Chandigarh police said the accused, who were riding a scooter, snatched the mobile phone of Anisha Kumari, a resident of Phase 2, Ram Darbar, while she was at a nearby market
Alert onlookers caught two snatchers who were fleeing with a woman’s mobile phone in Ram Darbar on Sunday.
The accused were identified as Jatin, 19, and Rahul, 21, both residents of Sector 38, Chandigarh.
Police said the accused, who were riding a scooter, snatched the mobile phone of Anisha Kumari, a resident of Phase 2, Ram Darbar, while she was at a nearby market.
As the woman raised the alarm, some passers-by chased and nabbed the accused, who were handed over to the cops deployed at a nearby check post.
Police said the same duo had snatched the mobile phone of a woman near the railway bridge in Industrial Area, Phase 2, on Saturday.
Baldev Kumar, station house officer, Sector 31 police station, said, “The accused are in two-day police remand. We are likely to crack more snatching cases through their interrogation.”
The accused have been booked under Sections 379-A (snatching), 411(dishonestly retaining stolen property) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector-31 police station.
Meanwhile, another woman fell prey to snatchers near Namdhari turn at Marble Market, Dhanas. Police said three motorcycle-borne men snatched the woman’s mobile phone. A case was registered at the Sarangpur police station.
