Muzaffarnagar, July 24: A mobile phone snatching gang was busted with the arrest of four people in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said on Saturday.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Sukirti Madhav Mishra, the gang was busted on Friday during the investigation of a mobile phone theft. In the incident on July 17, the accused stole the phone of a ward boy named, Nitin Kumar, who works at the district hospital, they said. UP: Woman Dies While Clicking Selfie With Gun in Hardoi, Father Suspects Foul Play.

The arrests were made near Badhev village that falls under Adarsh Mandi police station, they said, adding the boys, aged around 16 to 17 years, have been sent to judicial custody.

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