Dhaka, Oct. 5 -- A traffic police sergeant has chased and detained a man who allegedly tried to flee with a passenger's mobile phone as the passenger was getting off a bus in the Banani graveyard area.

The phone was later recovered from the suspect and returned to the victim.

The incident took place around 11am on Monday in the area adjacent to Banani Graveyard.

The detained man was later handed over to Banani Police Station.

Traffic Sergeant Nazmul Islam, who recovered the phone and detained the man, told bdnews24.com that he was on duty in the area when he heard a commotion coming from a BRTC bus.

"I went towards the bus and saw a man trying to flee with the mobile phone of a passenger who was getting off the bus. I chased him and ...