Chain snatchers drop phone, how cops trace them

Chennai | Thursday | 18th October, 2018

Summary:

Based on CCTV camera footage at the hospital, police nabbed the duo.Police said Prakash and Arun Kumar were involved in several cellphone snatching cases in Tiruvallur. After reaching the hospital, they searched for the phone and cash but in vain. However, before Anitha had left home, she had informed her relatives that she was carrying Rs 25,000 in her bag, said a police officer. They subsequently lodged a police complaint.After Prakash dropped Anitha at the hospital, he and his friend Arun Kumar, 22, went to the scene of the accident in the hope of making away with her two-wheeler. Passersby handed over the cellphone to police who found that it belonged to Anitha.When they contacted her, she explained how it was stolen..