Two booked for snatching mobile phone in Chandigarh

Police are on the lookout for two unidentified men who snatched the mobile phone of a Hallomajra resident on April 14 in Chandigarh

Police are on the lookout for two unidentified men who snatched the mobile phone of a Hallomajra resident on April 14. The victim, Kulwinder Singh of Deep Complex, Hallomajra, complained that two men snatched his mobile phone while he was taking a call near his house and fled on foot. After verification, police registered a case under Sections 379-A (snatching) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector 31 police station.

The victim, Kulwinder Singh of Deep Complex, Hallomajra, complained that two men snatched his mobile phone while he was taking a call near his house and fled on foot. (Representative Image/HT File)

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