Traffic cop nabs mobile phone thief in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: A head constable attached with the HAL Airport traffic police station in the city’s eastern part helped nab a fugitive phone thief on Thursday evening.

Around 6.30 pm on Thursday, a software engineer, Shantani Chakravarthy, was walking down Kundalahalli-ITPL Road near the Prestige Group Tech Park and speaking on her phone. Suddenly, a man snatched her phone and pushed her to the ground before running away.

On hearing Shantani’s cries for help, Mohan Kumar HR, a head constable who was posted at the Anjaneya junction nearby, chased the thief and held him down with help from passersby.