Mobile snatcher escapes police custody, rearrested

A 26-year-old man accused of mobile snatching escaped from police custody while undergoing treatment at a government hospital, but was nabbed from Delhi, as he was trying to flee to his native place in Bihar, police said on Wednesday. Shyam Kumar and Sameer Ali were initially arrested from Noida Sector 15-A on Monday night.

According to police, a team of officials checking vehicles on Monday night signalled Shyam Kumar and Sameer Ali, riding a bike, to stop. Instead, they sped up the two-wheeler and tried to flee but in vain as the bike skidded on the road, an official said.