The Delhi Police has nabbed a notorious snatcher for allegedly snatching the mobile phone from a tea seller while he was on his way to open his stall in north Delhi's Burari area.
The accused has been identified as 22 year-old Aman, who was involved in seven cases and he was released from jail in December, 2021. Police said that he along with his associate Ashish, who is absconding, committed the offence in the early hours of March 28.
The incident took place when 56-year-old Yogender Kumar, resident of Swaroop Nagar, was on his way to open his tea stall in Burari. When he reached the 100 Foota Road, two bike-borne men snatched his mobile phone and fled away, police said. According to Sagar Singh Kalsi, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North district, the victim could not make a police control room (PCR) call and went to his tea stall but the same evening, his son called the police after he reached home from his workplace.
“During investigation, police found that the number was still active and technical surveillance gave them an idea about the possible location of the accused but they were untraceable,” said the DCP.
“Later, when the victim's son tried calling on Kumar's mobile phone, the accused responded and told him to deposit a certain amount into a Paytm account belonging to his acquaintance, who runs an egg shop, and promised to give back the SIM card,” said the DCP.
“When the victim's son informed police about the call, the investigators asked him to deposit Rs 500 into the aforementioned Paytm account. When the accused came to collect the cash from his acquaintance, he was overpowered by the police,” said the DCP adding that the mobile phone was recovered and efforts are being made to nab the remaining accused.