Chandigarh, June 28 -- A 24-year-old Panipat resident, on a sightseeing trip to Chandigarh, was attacked with a brick and robbed of his mobile phone, wallet and gold bangle near the Sector 27/28 dividing road during the early hours of Thursday.

The victim, Nitish Kadian, a resident of Sector 25, Panipat, told police that after visiting La Villa Club late at night, he was waiting for a cab. An unidentified man approached him on the pretext of a conversation and suddenly snatched his iPhone 16 from his pocket and fled towards the Sector 27/28 dividing road.

Nitish chased the accused, but the attacker turned back, picked up a brick from the roadside, and struck Nitish on the head multiple times, causing him to fall to the ground. Bleeding ...