Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Two traffic constables, who were on duty at Pipliyahana Square, chased two mobile phones snatchers and caught them on Thursday night. The accused were fleeing after robbing a phone from a man.
According to Tilak Nagar police station in charge Manish Lodha, Hukumchand Chowdhary of Chouhan Nagar lodged a complaint that he was dropped by his friend near Pipliyahana Square and was walking to his place when two bikers snatched his mobile phone around 11 pm. He cried for help and traffic constables Manoj Sharma and Vijaypal Tomar, who were on duty heard his cries and chased the accused.
The constables pushed the bike of the accused and caught him as he fell of the bike. They were later handed over to the Tilak Nagar police station staff. The accused identified as NiteshChawle and Ajay Jaiswal were arrested and a mobile phone and a bike were recovered from them. The accused are being questioned for other such crimes.
Three arrested with four stolen bikes
Three youths including two from Sehore were arrested in connection with bike lifting in the Khajrana area, police said on Friday. So far, four two-wheelers have been seized from them.
According to the police, a bike was stolen from Asharfi Nagar area under Khajrana police station jurisdiction on December 26. Police registered a case and started examining the CCTVs of the area.
On the basis of a tip-off, the police arrested Nirmal Yogi and Sunil Yogi, both residents of Jawar in Sehore district and Sandeep Patil of the Khajrana area of the city. The bike stolen from the Ashrafi Nagar and three other stolen bikes were recovered from them. They are being questioned about the areas from where they had stolen the bikes. Police believed that they would confess to committing more bike lifting incidents in the city and other cities.
