Mangaluru : A policeman chased mobile phone thief and succeeded pinning down him and then drew the support of locals in nabbing the thief.

The mobile phone reportedly belongs to a granite worker of north Indian origin sleeping at Nehru Maidan. The man who lost the phone also gave a hot chase to the thief. A policeman who saw this also ran behind the escaping thief and arrested him.

Another accused as Shamanth (20) from Attavar arrested latter.

Rs 10,000 cash reward was announced for ARSI Varun Alva and team for nabbing the accused.