Elderly couple loses Rs 10K, phone to snatcher on Tilak Nagar flyover in Delhi

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An elderly couple lost about Rs. 10,000, a mobile phone, a bunch of keys and some important documents to a snatcher on the Tilak Nagar Flyover on Saturday afternoon. The snatcher was on a motorcycle and the couple was travelling in an auto-rickshaw.

As per the FIR registered at Tilak Nagar police station, Jagdish Chander Satija (66) and his wife  Sunita were on their way home to Janakpuri in an auto-rickshaw at about 2.45pm. As they were on the Tilak Nagar flyover, a turbaned man came on a motorcycle and snatched the bag from the hands of Sunita. Before the couple could realise what had happened, the snatcher had sped away.

The couple couldn’t note down the registration number of the motorcycle. Police have started investigations after registering an FIR (0091/2018) under the relevant sections of the IPC against the unidentified snatcher