Man fakes Delhi phone snatching after losing it drunk

A man who reported that his mobile phone had been snatched in Outer Delhi's Nangloi area was later found to have fabricated the story to avoid his wife's anger after losing it in a drunken state, police said on Monday.

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The incident came to light following a detailed investigation and CCTV analysis.

On August 31, a PCR call was received at Nangloi Police Station regarding a phone snatching near Agarwal Tent House in Rajendra Park Extension. The caller, identified as Ashok Kaushik, claimed thata biker had snatched his phone and fled, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Sachin Sharma said.