NURMAHAL.
The Nurmahal police have arrested an absconding snatcher on the charges of
snatching a mobile phone from a slum dweller.
The Investigating Officer (IO) Daljit Singh said that the accused has been identified as Balprit Singh alias Bali son of Jagtar Singh a resident of Kangni Wal village under Sadar Jamsher police station.
Pala Ram a resident of slums near Railway Station Nurmahal has complained to the police that he was returning from Talwan village on his cycle when two accused riding a motorcycle waylaid him near a religious place in Kandola Kalan village and snatched his mobile phone.
Io said that a case under section 379-B (snatching) of the IPC was registered against the accused and recovered from his possession snatched mobile phone handset.