Mobile Snatchers

The dream of going on a long drive and vacation with his partner landed a former taxi driver into the police net after he was arrested for allegedly snatching mobile phones and vehicle theft, officials on Monday said.

A Class 12 student in Delhi chased and caught a snatcher allegedly trying to flee with her mobile phone in northwest Delhi's Keshav Puram area, police said on Tuesday.

The man attempted the theft from a moving train, but the alert passenger sitting inside the compartment held him by his hand which left him hanging by the window.

A woman was injured after she jumped from a moving train to catch a thief who stole her mobile phone from a train compartment in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said on Friday.

Two persons have been arrested by a team of Special Staff, North District for allegedly snatching mobile phones and using the sim card to transfer money from the wallets and bank accounts of the victim, said Delhi police on Saturday.

A 40-year-old woman sustained serious injuries after falling out of a moving auto-rickshaw while fighting off a biker who tried to snatch her mobile phone, police said.

The victim was reportedly dragged for around 150 meters. She works at Fortis hospital in Shalimar Bagh and is also being treated there. The police are investigating the matter.

A 27-year-old man, who admitted to more than 100 snatching incidents since coming out of jail in early October, was arrested from Shahdara area in Delhi, police said on Tuesday.

A 27-year-old woman travelling in an autorickshaw died when she fell off the vehicle while trying to retrieve her mobile phone which was snatched by two bike-borne men in Thane, near Mumbai, the police said on Thursday.

A teenage girl was attacked with a sharp weapon by two motorcycle-borne thieves who tried to snatch her mobile phone but she managed to pull down one of them off the bike, CCTV footage from Punjab shows.

Two robbers were arrested within two hours after they allegedly snatched a mobile phone from a woman in Malviya Nagar.

Seven members of a gang were arrested in Surat on Sunday with 131 mobile phones and an iPad, collectively worth over Rs 11 lakh.

A 26-year-old man was killed after falling from a running train while chasing a mobile phone snatcher in Uluberia station in Howrah district, GRP sources said in Sunday.

Two alleged mobile phone snatchers were arrested after an exchange of gunfire with police, an official said on Saturday.

A woman whose phone was snatched by two bikers in Delhi while she was travelling in an e-rickshaw chased them with help from a man and got them to return the device. Except, the phone she received was not hers.

The dream of going on a long drive and vacation with his partner landed a former taxi driver into the police net after he was arrested for allegedly snatching mobile phones and vehicle theft, officials on Monday said.

A Class 12 student in Delhi chased and caught a snatcher allegedly trying to flee with her mobile phone in northwest Delhi's Keshav Puram area, police said on Tuesday.

The man attempted the theft from a moving train, but the alert passenger sitting inside the compartment held him by his hand which left him hanging by the window.

A woman was injured after she jumped from a moving train to catch a thief who stole her mobile phone from a train compartment in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said on Friday.

Two persons have been arrested by a team of Special Staff, North District for allegedly snatching mobile phones and using the sim card to transfer money from the wallets and bank accounts of the victim, said Delhi police on Saturday.

A 40-year-old woman sustained serious injuries after falling out of a moving auto-rickshaw while fighting off a biker who tried to snatch her mobile phone, police said.

The victim was reportedly dragged for around 150 meters. She works at Fortis hospital in Shalimar Bagh and is also being treated there. The police are investigating the matter.

A 27-year-old man, who admitted to more than 100 snatching incidents since coming out of jail in early October, was arrested from Shahdara area in Delhi, police said on Tuesday.

A 27-year-old woman travelling in an autorickshaw died when she fell off the vehicle while trying to retrieve her mobile phone which was snatched by two bike-borne men in Thane, near Mumbai, the police said on Thursday.

A teenage girl was attacked with a sharp weapon by two motorcycle-borne thieves who tried to snatch her mobile phone but she managed to pull down one of them off the bike, CCTV footage from Punjab shows.

Two robbers were arrested within two hours after they allegedly snatched a mobile phone from a woman in Malviya Nagar.

Seven members of a gang were arrested in Surat on Sunday with 131 mobile phones and an iPad, collectively worth over Rs 11 lakh.

A 26-year-old man was killed after falling from a running train while chasing a mobile phone snatcher in Uluberia station in Howrah district, GRP sources said in Sunday.

Two alleged mobile phone snatchers were arrested after an exchange of gunfire with police, an official said on Saturday.

A woman whose phone was snatched by two bikers in Delhi while she was travelling in an e-rickshaw chased them with help from a man and got them to return the device. Except, the phone she received was not hers.