NEW DELHI: The 24-year-old woman’s iPhone 16 Pro could have been one of the 2.5 lakh phones that are snatched, stolen or lost in a year in Delhi. And the two teenagers who targeted her probably expected an easy snatch like the one earlier in the day. But they ran into Khushi Maheshwari.She was driving home on a scooty from Kathak class in Ashok Vihar around 8.30pm Wednesday when 2 youths rode up from behind, snatched the phone and sped off, causing her to crash. But she sprang up and chased them on her scooty, shouting “chor-chor”, said DCP Akanksha Yadav.Thanks to traffic, she caught up with them on Ring Road flyover after a 10-minute, half-kilometre chase.Despite being pushed, she kept chasing snatchersShe was riding almost alongside them. They tried to knock her off her vehicle, but she kept tailing and tackling them until she and the snatchers fell off their vehicles.The bystanders, it appeared, quickly guessed what was happening and caught one of the youths. The second fled and jumped off Azadpur flyover but was caught by a police officer on the spot.The accused were identified as Sameer alias Khachra and Mohit alias Mohita, both 19. Police recovered Khushi’s iPhone along with three other stolen phones from them. The motorcycle they were riding had been reported stolen at Madhu Vihar police station.One of the recovered phones was linked to a theft registered at Adarsh Nagar police station and another to a case at Jahangir Puri police station. The third phone was locked and, according to the accused, had been snatched near Mukundpur flyover earlier that day.A case under relevant sections of BNS including robbery has been registered.
