A 60-year-old painter, returning home on a bicycle after work, lost his phone to two miscreants near a wine shop close to Milk Colony light point in Dhanas, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
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The victim, Kripal Singh of Sector 56, said when he reached near the wine shop, two men came on a scooter and snatched the phone kept in his shirt pocket. The victim tried to chase them, but the duo sped away. Later, the snatchers took an unmetalled road and abandoned their scooter there before fleeing on foot, he said. Police have booked unidentified persons in the case.