A woman fought off a snatcher who attempted to steal her mobile phone while going to visit her friend in the Capital’s Badarpur area, said the police Thursday. The incident of attempted snatching came to light after a purported video of the episode surfaced on social media.
In a CCTV footage of the incident from September 4, the man can be seen trying to snatch the woman’s mobile phone. She caught hold of the person by his T-shirt and the phone fell to the ground. The miscreant then fled the scene. The police said they received a call at the Badarpur police station around 11.30 pm that day regarding the incident at Tajpur Pahadi.