Yamaha Riders Club honours woman who caught cellphone snatcher

Yamaha Riders Club (YRC), an association of people in Bangladesh owning Yamaha motorcycles, has accorded a reception to a woman who caught a snatcher who took her mobile phone at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka recently. 

A group of snatchers pounced on Parisha Akhter, a master's student of the zoology department at Jagannath University, at a traffic signal, said a press release.

Akhter stayed at the crime scene and caught one of the snatchers while he was trying to snatch another person's mobile phone the same day.

The story of the incident went viral on social media. The club assured to stand by Ahkter to inspire other women faced with a similar situation, said the press release.