A video of a woman fighting off a mobile phone snatcher is going viral on social media platforms.
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The viral video showed the woman, a resident of the Tikri area, locking horns with the alleged snatcher in the Badarpur area of India’s capital city New Delhi. She grabbed the man’s T-shirt and her phone fell to the ground. The suspect made a run for it.
#WATCH | Delhi: Case filed after a woman who was, on Sept 4, visiting a friend in Tajpur Pahari, Badarpur showed bravado as she caught a man, who was trying to snatch her phone, by his T-shirt & got her phone back. Snatcher then ran away; further probe on: Police
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An Indian news agency reported that Esha Pandey, the District Commission of Police (southeast), said they got a call about the incident around 11:30 pm on September 4.
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The cop added the incident happened when she was paying a visit to her friend at Tajpur Pahari, adding that the woman showed bravery and fought off the suspect.
A case under sections 379 (theft), 356 (assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person) and 511 (attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment) were filed against the alleged mugger.
