Silhouette illustration of a late-night phone snatching as a biker’s pillion rider grabs a female student’s smartphone from behind while she rides pillion on a two-wheeler with her friend, highlighting urban street crime and safety concerns.
Two men on a motorcycle allegedly snatched an NID student’s iPhone 16 Pro worth Rs 50,000 on Anjali flyover around 3.30am on Monday. In a complaint filed with Paldi police, the 19-year-old student stated she was returning to her hostel with a friend after attending a garba event at NID and eating at a CG Road cafe. In a separate incident, a 30-year-old assistant manager reported that a man on a motorcycle snatched her purse near Hebatpur crossroads, opposite Palladium Mall, on Sept 25. She was riding her scooter home from Sindhu Bhavan Road around 11.15pm when the man drove up from behind and allegedly snatched her purse before speeding away towards Gota on SG Highway, according to her complaint with Vastrapur police. The purse contained an iPhone 15, Rs 5,000 in cash, her original Aadhaar and PAN cards, driver’s licence, vehicle registration certificate, voter ID and office ID card, according to her complaint.
Ahmedabad: Two separate incidents of phone-snatching were reported in the city.
She told police the man had covered his face with a black scarf and was wearing a black T-shirt. They had dropped off another friend at her home near Jivraj Park and were on Anjali flyover when a man riding pillion on a bike allegedly snatched the student’s purse which her friend was carrying. The biker then fled towards Mahalaxmi Crossroads.