A 28-year-old youth was assaulted and robbed of his mobile phone by two bike-borne miscreants at MP Nagar zone under MP Nagar police station area late in the night on Saturday.
Police said that the victim Rajkumar Thakur was robbed while he was on his way to home and before he could reach bus stop to board bus he was attacked and robbed by two bike borne miscreants.
The victim in his complaint stated that the two miscreants obstructed his way and escaped with mobile phone over which he was talking.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 392 of the IPC and started search for the accused.
The victim works at a printing press in MP Nagar Zone 1 and after the work he was on his way to home and after covering little distance he received a call after which he picked the call and continued to move forward but unaware of the bike borne miscreants he was robbed of his mobile phone.
Police suspects that the miscreants would be those visiting liquor shops in the nearby area and targeted those who they found in deserted area and moving while talking over mobile phone.
The victim lives at 12 no stop in Habibganj area and was walking towards bus stop after work when he was targeted by the miscreants.
During the further investigation police would search for details of miscreants in the footages of CCTV cameras installed in the area, said police.