Panchkula, Feb. 10 -- A local court awarded five years' jail to three persons, including a waiter and a Rapido driver, convicted of snatching a mobile phone in February last year.

The court of district and sessions judge Ved Parkash Sirohi also imposed a fine of Rs.26,000 on the convicts identified as Neeraj Kumar alias Kaku, 20, who works as a waiter, Saurabh Tiwari, 21, who works with Rapido, and Tayab, 18, all residents of Kishangarh, Chandigarh.

Complainant Sandeep Gill, 36, of Sector 15, Panchkula, told the police that on February 6, 2023, he had left for work around 8.45 am on his cycle. When he reached the Sector 15/16 roundabout in Panchkula, he got a call from home. While he was answering the call, three men came on a motorcycl...