Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel's secretary Ajay Rawal is the latest high-profile victim of mobile phone snatchers in Delhi.
According to the police, three men riding a motorcycle snatched the i-Phone 6 of Rawal when he was walking to a market near his home in outer Delhi's Paschim Vihar on Thursday evening.
"I left my home around 7 pm to go GH-13 block market in Paschim Vihar. I was walking near Kendriya Vidyalaya when the three men came on a bike. I was talking to someone on the phone, when one of the pillion riders snatched the phone from my hand and fled on the bike," Rawal said in his complaint.
The police said that they received a complaint on Thursday at around 7.15 pm and a case has been registered against unidentified persons under relevant sections of the IPC.
"We are checking CCTV footage from the nearby area to identify the accused," a senior police officer said.
Rawal (42) lives with his family in Ambika Vihar in Paschim Vihar.
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