Gurugram: Mobile snatcher escapes police custody, hunt on

A 25-year-old suspect, Ravi Kumar, escaped police custody in Gurugram after pushing an officer. He was arrested for mobile snatching with an accomplice.

Published on: Feb 28, 2026, 04:16:06 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Gurugram: A 25-year-old suspect in a number of mobile snatching cases escaped the police custody on Friday at DLF police station in Sector-29 after pushing the cops away, an officer said.

Police said a case has been registered (Photo for representation)

The accused was identified as Ravi Kumar, a resident of Shanti Colony in Mandi Pahari, Delhi. He was arrested along with his associate, Aditya Kumar, 24, a resident of Bhim Basti, a neighbouring area of Shanti Colony, on Thursday night.

The duo were produced before the court on Friday, which remanded them to one day of police custody. When they returned to the station, the officer said Ravi shoved a policeman, managed to free himself and ran away. “An alarm was raised, and several cops ran behind him, but he managed to escape. His associate was immediately transferred to a police lockup,” the officer said.

On the complaint of a head constable, an FIR was registered under section 265 (resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against Ravi, the officer said.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said raids were underway to nab the escaped suspect. “He will be arrested soon,” he added.

The duo used to travel from Delhi to Gurugram on a motorcycle to commit mobile snatching. They were involved in several such cases, the officer said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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