Secretary of Delhi Assembly Speaker the latest high-profile victim of mobile phone snatchers

New Delhi: Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel's secretary Ajay Rawal is the latest high-profile victim of mobile phone snatchers in Delhi.

According to the police, three men riding a motorcycle snatched the i-Phone 6 of Rawal when he was walking to a market near his home in outer Delhi's Paschim Vihar on Thursday evening.

"I left my home around 7 pm to go GH-13 block market in Paschim Vihar. I was walking near Kendriya Vidyalaya when the three men came on

a bike. I was talking to someone on the phone, when one of the pillion riders snatched the phone from my hand and fled on the bike," Rawal said in his complaint.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) A Koan

said that the complainant Ajay Rawal (secretary to Delhi Assembly Speaker) reported the snatching of his mobile by three unknown persons on the bike at around 7 pm when he was going to nearby market from his home.

"We are checking CCTV footage from the nearby area to identify the accused," a senior police officer said.

Rawal (42) lives with his family in Ambika Vihar in Paschim Vihar.

Earlier on Thursday morning, a 51-year-old senior Air Force official was allegedly robbed of his mobile phone

in New Delhi's Connaught

Place area.