Ludhiana, March 30 -- One person was apprehended after three motorcycle-borne snatchers, fleeing after committing a mobile phone theft, hit a 12-year-old boy in the Ganesh Nagar area of Ludhiana on Saturday night.

Two of his accomplices managed to escape.

Police said the incident began in Janakpuri, where Mohammad Shehzad was walking near his residence when three men on a motorcycle snatched his mobile phone and fled.

The victim raised an alarm and briefly chased them, but they managed to escape.

Shortly afterwards, Shehzad was informed that locals in Ganesh Nagar had caught one of the suspects.

He reached the spot and identified the accused and

his mobile phone was recovered from him.

Eyewitnesses said the suspects were riding at ...