(AI image) Khushi Maheshwari encountered two phone snatchers while returning home from class in Ashok Vihar
She was driving home on a scooty from Kathak class in Ashok Vihar around 8.30pm Wednesday when 2 youths rode up from behind, snatched the phone and sped off, causing her to crash. Thanks to traffic, she caught up with them on Ring Road flyover after a 10-minute, half-kilometre chase. The accused were identified as Sameer alias Khachra and Mohit alias Mohita, both 19.
The motorcycle they were riding had been reported stolen at Madhu Vihar police station.
But she sprang up and chased them on her scooty, shouting “chor-chor”, said DCP Akanksha Yadav. Despite being pushed, she kept chasing snatchers She was riding almost alongside them. They tried to knock her off her vehicle, but she kept tailing and tackling them until she and the snatchers fell off their vehicles. The bystanders, it appeared, quickly guessed what was happening and caught one of the youths. The second fled and jumped off Azadpur flyover but was caught by a police officer on the spot. Police recovered Khushi’s iPhone along with three other stolen phones from them.
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The third phone was locked and, according to the accused, had been snatched near Mukundpur flyover earlier that day. But they ran into Khushi Maheshwari. One of the recovered phones was linked to a theft registered at Adarsh Nagar police station and another to a case at Jahangir Puri police station. A case under relevant sections of BNS including robbery has been registered. Download the TOI App.
And the two teenagers who targeted her probably expected an easy snatch like the one earlier in the day.