One held for snatching cell phone

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 14

The police have arrested a person and booked four others in three incidents of mobile phone snatching reported from different parts of the city.

Gaurav and Gopal were booked under Sections 379-B and 34 of the IPC for snatching a mobile phone from Jhuggi Lal, a resident of Subhash Nagar in Gur Mandi, here, on Saturday.

The victim said he had gone to the market when the two youths pushed him and fled the spot after snatching his mobile phone.

Upinder Yadav, a resident of Visakha Colony in Dhandari Kalan, lost his mobile phone to two motorcycle-borne persons when he was going on foot from Industrial Area towards Cheema Chowk on Sunday. Upinder said the duo, who were riding the motorcycle (bearing registration no. PB 10GF 1454), came from the rear side. The pillion rider snatched his cell phone and afterwards, the duo managed to escape. On the basis of information provided by the victim, the police have registered a case under Sections 379-B and 34 of the IPC against Chindri and his unidentified accomplice.

In the third incident of mobile phone snatching, the police have arrested Bablu, a resident of Salam Tabri, for snatching a mobile phone from Farooq, a resident of New Kundanpuri, who runs a hair dressing shop in the same locality.

The police have also recovered a mobile phone from his possession. He has been charged under Section 380 of the IPC. The victim told the police that the suspect had come to his shop on June 11 to borrow some money.

“When I expressed my inability to give him money, he took the mobile phone lying on the counter and ran away,” the complainant said.

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