New Delhi: A teenager was arrested here for his alleged involvement in vehicle thefts and snatching, police said on Sunday.

Akash was apprehended on January 26 soon after he and his associate Sunny allegedly snatched a mobile phone and was fleeing, Additional Commissioner of Police (West) V Renganathan said.
Sunny managed to flee from the spot in a motorcycle. Akash is allegedly involved in two cases of vehicle theft and one of snatching. "His father is a history-sheeter of Nihal Vihar police station. Akash started auto-lifting and snatching to meet his personal expenses. As a minor, he was also earlier apprehended in incidents of mobile phone snatching," Renganathan said. Akash used to ride stolen motorcycle along with Sunny who used to snatch mobile phones from unsuspecting victims.
PTI