3 journalists robbed in Delhi in 3 days

Three journalists have fallen victim to snatching in different locations across the national capital since Saturday, with one scribe being robbed while covering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's return from the US at Palam airport, the police said on Monday.

A 31-year-old journalist of an English daily was targeted on the Ashram flyover on Monday morning when he was travelling in an auto with his two friends. A pillion rider snatched the journalist's mobile phone and fled, an official said.

A case has been registered at the Sunlight Police station and during investigation the registration number of the bike, provided by the victim, was found to be fake, he said.

"We have got certain leads in the case and two teams are working to solve it," the senior police officer said.

On Saturday, a mobile phone of a 23-year-old woman journalist working with a news channel was snatched while she covering the prime minister's roadshow at the Palam airport, police said.

The woman journalist said, "I immediately reported the incident to policemen who were deployed for PM's security but they told me to call 100 and report the incident.

"I went to four policemen but all of them denied help. The incident occurred around 8.30 pm and I reported it at Delhi Cantonment Police Station around 10.45 pm. After repeated requests to a senior police officer, an FIR was registered on Sunday."