Metropolitan magistrate's phone snatched
New Delhi: Two bike-borne men snatched the mobile phone of a metropolitan magistrate in North Delhi's Kamala Nagar area, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Monday at around 8 pm. The victim was speaking on his phone when two bike-borne assailants snatched his cellphone and fled the spot, they said.
The magistrate informed the police about the incident.
A case under sections 356 (assault or criminal force in an attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person) and 379 (punishment for theft) has been registered.
The police are also analysing the CCTV footage of nearby areas to nab the accused, a senior police officer said.
The city has witnessed a spate of snatching incidents in the last few months.
Two men had snatched the handbag of a lady in North Delhi's Civil Lines area recently.
In another incident, a woman journalist was injured after she attempted to resist a snatching bid in south Delhi's CR park last month.