College student nabbed for mobile snatching

Ilavarasu of Puducherry had come to Chennai looking for a job. When he came out of an ATM, a youth snatched his phone and fled the spot. The Ashok Nagar police, who registered a case based on his complaint, traced his phone to Kannammapet using the IMEI code and arrested Karthikeyan (19), a second-year college student.

He had allegedly indulged in snatching during night hours earlier, said the police. Two mobile phones were seized from Karthikeyan, who was remanded injudicial custody.

A 39-year-old lawyer was relieved of his mobile phone by two bike-borne snatchers at Vadapalani on Saturday.

Karunakaran of Saidapet, a practicing advocate at Madras High Court, came to a private hospital in Vadapalani on Saturday morning to visit his ailing friend.

When he was talking on the phone near the Sivan temple, a bike-borne duo snatched his mobile phone and fled the spot. Based on his complaint, the Vadapalani police have registered a case and going through the CCTV footage to identify the suspects.