Two snatchers held after dramatic chase in N Delhi

Brazen crime on city's streets Two men, who snatched the phone of a woman in Timarpur on Sunday morning, were caught after a short chase. After the suspects, identified as Monu Kumar and Arun Kumar, were nabbed, police recovered four more stolen phones from the two. Even the bike they used was stolen, said officers.

- Karn Pratap Singh

Police on Tuesday said they have arrested two men responsible for a spree of snatching incidents in north, northeast and northwest Delhi, and have recovered five stolen mobile phones and a stolen motorcycle from the accused.

The two, identified as Monu Kumar alias Kamal, 23, and Arun Kumar, 22, were nabbed on Sunday morning after they snatched the phone of a 32-yearold woman at Timarpur in north Delhi, officers aware of the case said.

Giving details of the incident, police said that the victim, Komal Chauhan, was travelling in an e-rickshaw towards the Vishwavidyalaya Metro station on Sunday at around 9am and was talking on her phone when two men on a bike rode very close to the electric vehicle and snatched her phone.