Snatcher arrested from Delhi’s Shahdara

DCP Shahdara, R Sathiyasundaram, said that for the last six months, the police regular PCR calls from various areas of Shahdara, northeast and east districts of Delhi complaining that a man on a red Yamaha FZ motorcycle has been snatching mobile phones on a very regular basis

A 27-year-old snatcher has been arrested from Shahdara. He has confessed to having committed more than 100 snatchings in the east and northeast parts of the city, police said.

Police identified him as one Adil Malik (27), and said he used a stolen motorcycle to commit the crimes. Police said that his younger brother Adnan Malik was also a snatcher and was arrested by the staff of Vivek Vihar police station five months ago. (Representational image)

DCP Shahdara, R Sathiyasundaram, said that for the last six months, the police regular PCR calls from various areas of Shahdara, northeast and east districts of Delhi complaining that a man on a red Yamaha FZ motorcycle has been snatching mobile phones on a very regular basis.

Accordingly, they created a team to nab the biker.On Monday, they received information that the biker will cross the Chintamani Chowk in Seemapuri area. The team laid a trap there and arrested him.

Police identified him as one Adil Malik (27), and said he used a stolen motorcycle to commit the crimes. Police said that his younger brother Adnan Malik was also a snatcher and was arrested by the staff of Vivek Vihar police station five months ago.

Adil was a fitness freak and invested a lot of money he made through stealing into his fitness regime. “He was arrested before for a similar offence and admitted that he has committed over a 100 snatchings since he was released from jail in May,” said the DCP.

Police said that a total of 22 cases have been solved with his arrest. Further investigation of this case is in progress.