Phone snatched from traffic marshal in Chandigarh

Two motorcycle-borne persons snatched a mobile phone from Vijay Kumar, a traffic marshal with the Chandigarh Police, on the Dhanas-Dadu Majra road in the city.

Vijay was riding a scooter when two persons stopped him. They requested him to guide them to an address. “They engaged me in a conversation and suddenly grabbed my phone, which was kept in the tray of my scooter,” the victim said in his complaint.

After snatching the phone, the suspects sped away towards Maloya. Vijay chased them but couldn’t match their speed as he was riding an electric scooter.

He returned to the scene and called up the police. He said the police rudely behaved with him. “I also told them that I am a traffic marshal, despite that they were rude,” he alleged.

A case has been registered at the Sarangpur police station on the complaint filed by Vijay. The snatchers were riding without helmet and their motorcycle was without number plates.