Tag: delhi phone snatching

According to the police, the incident took place outside the NKS Super Speciality Hospital Friday around 7 pm. A video of the incident shows the woman talking on her phone. Two men come on a scooter and the pillion rider snatches her phone. The woman tries to chase them but they manage to escape.

After some time, a local informed the police about the incident.

DCP (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said: “…We have registered a case based on the video and DD entry. Efforts are being made to contact the complainant but she’s not traceable so far. We are analysing CCTVs and trying to nab the… persons.”

The hospital administration Saturday also wrote to the Delhi Police complaining that multiple incidents of phone and chain snatching have been reported outside the hospital.

“The cases of mobile and chain snatching are increasing day by day. The patients, relatives of the patients and the hospital complained this has been happening for sometime now, while passing outside the hospital. Yesterday (Friday), also an incident of snatching took place outside the hospital which is condemnable… To stop such incidents, instructions should be given to increase barricading and police presence outside the hospital,” reads the letter signed by the general manager of the hospital.

Responding to the letter, the DCP said: “Correspondence is being made to NKS admin to substantiate the claims made by them. No other incident of snatching has been noticed in the recent past outside the NKS Hospital area. However, positive steps have been and are being taken to better the policing in the area.”