Mumbai, Jul 12 (PTI) Two motorcycle-borne mobile phone-lifters were nabbed by three men in Kalina here on Sunday after a chase of almost one kilometre, police said.

The incident occurred when the two men on a motorcycle snatched the mobile phone of a pedestrian in afternoon, an official said.

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The incident was witnessed by three men who were travelling on another motorcycle and they started giving the thieves a chase, he said.

The accused Shoaib Asghar Ali (26) and Shaban Umar Maniyar (18) are residents of suburban Ghatkopar, the official said, adding that they have been booked under the charge of robbery.

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