Bhopal, Sep 24 (PTI) The mobile phone of an Inspector General of Police was stolen by two men on a motorbike in Char Imli area of the city, an official said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on Tuesday night when Dr Ashish, posted as IG (intelligence) at the state police headquarters, was walking outside his house with his wife.

Two men on a motorbike snatched a mobile phone from his hand and fled, the official said.

Police sources claimed that the accused actually snatched two mobile phones from Dr Ashish's hand, but one of them threw a phone away when he realised that it belonged to a police officer, and it was later recovered.

Police were yet to catch the culprits.

Char Imli area is considered one of the safest areas in the city, housing a large number of official residences of

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