Bengaluru woman was filming video when phone snatchers struck. Watch what happened

Screengrabs from video tweeted by @bangalore360_

A Bengaluru-based content creator was filming a video when two men tried to make off with her smartphone. The phone snatching attempt was captured on the content creator’s camera and the footage has since been widely circulated online.

Ruchika was creating videos for social media with a group of friends earlier this week when two men, riding a scooter, tried to snatch her phone. She was able to save the device by quickly pulling her hand down, and the phone snatchers left empty-handed. The incident took place while she and her friends were dancing for a video outside Gufha Restaurant in Jayanagar, Bengaluru.

A follower ruchika writes: As we are content creators and we were regular shooting content for the restaurant when these two boys approached and tried to snatch my phone from my hand , luckily I pulled my phone down at that point , preventing him from snatching it.@BlrCityPolicepic.twitter.com/RALPqQlTVT

— Bangalore 360 (@bangalore360_) March 27, 2023

In her video, which was shared on Twitter by a page called Bangalore 360, the content creator said the men were likely observing their group from a distance. Sensing an opportunity, they struck while the group was filming videos and as a result, their phone snatching attempt got captured on camera.

“As we are content creators and we were regular shooting content for the restaurant when these two boys approached and tried to snatch my phone from my hand , luckily I pulled my phone down at that point , preventing him from snatching it,” Ruchika wrote, according to Bangalore 360, the Twitter page that shared her clip.

The Twitter page also tagged Bengaluru City Police which took note of the incident and responded asking for exact location and contact numbers.