WATCH: In Bollywood-style chase scene, cop pins down mobile 'thief' in Karnataka's Mangaluru
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Chandigarh, January 14
People on the streets of Mangaluru were excited witnesses to a Bollywood-style police chase in real life.
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Assistant Reserve Sub-Inspector (ARSI) Varun Alva chased Harish Poojary, a 32-year-old-man from Neermarga, through the lanes and bylanes of this coastal Karnataka city for having stolen a mobile.
A video of the incident is now viral. Police had seen three men stealing the phone of a daily wage from Rajasthan.
Police have two people, 20-year-old Shamanth from Attavar and Harish Poojary, in custody. The third suspect, identified as Rajesh, escaped.
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Police Commissioner N Shashi said announced a cash reward of Rs 10,000 for the cop, Varun Alva.
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