Beware of phone and chain snatching on the streets!

With smartphones getting more affordable and in everyone’s hands, every individual walking on the road is a potential prey. Says Deba Saha who was witness to one incident recently: “I saw a phone snatcher near the KPTCL power station on 27th main. Two people on a bike tried to snatch the cellphone of a girl who was walking on the road. Unfortunately, I was in the opposite direction, and therefore couldn’t chase them.”

The safer way of not getting your phone stolen is to always hold your smartphone on the drain side of the road. Remember to be vigilant around you while you are on the phone as that is just as important. When you spot someone coming really close to you, it’s best to back up on the footpath. They could be after your gold chain or your smartphone.

Similarly, chain snatching is just as bad in HSR Layout. One resident had this to say: “I saw a woman’s chain being snatched at 7am in Sector 3,” said Rohit G. “Before I could look at the nameplate of the biker, they had vanished, and the woman was too frazzled to note anything. With helmets, it’s hard to identify the culprits too.”

The cops recommend that women avoid wearing costly jewellery and if they do have to, they should cover it with their scarf. But most women forget that there are prowlers on their trail.