Coimbatore: The Karumathampatti police arrested six youths on Saturday for their involvement in mobile phone snatching at Vadugankalipalayam near Karumathampatti.The arrested were identified as Abubacker, Malik Basha, Imrankhan from Vadugankalipalayam village, and Sagar, Vikramprabhu and Premkumar from Coimbatore city.
Police seized a mobile phone from them and remanded them in judicial custody.On June 22, Suresh from Bengaluru was chatting with his friends in a house at Vadgukanpalayam near Karumathampatti Seven youths came there on four motorcycles and threatened Suresh at knifepoint.
They snatched a mobile phone from him and escaped.Suresh lodged a complaint with the Karumathampatti police who registered a case.
Police collected CCTV footage in the surrounding areas and arrested the six youths on Saturday.
One more youth, Sakthivel is absconding in connection with the case.
The arrested youths told police that this was their first case.
Six youths arrested for mobile theft
