Policeman loses cellphone to bike-borne thieves

Motorbike thieves who prefer to make off with costly cellphones continue to target people of this neighbourhood. On Sunday, a Armed Reserve policeman who was in his uniform and was walking down Venkata Krishna Road in Mandaveli lost his phone to bike-borne thieves.

The policeman was said to have been talking on the phone when three youths on a bike swung towards him and made off with the phone. The policeman later told Abiramapuram police that while one youth on the bike wore a helmet the others were masked.