Mangaluru cop dodges traffic in dramatic chase to catch thief. Watch video

Assistant Reserve Sub-Inspector (ARSI) Varun Alva caught the accused, Harish Poojary, a 32-year-old-man from Neermarga, by chasing and pinning him down in complete cinema style.

If you are a fan of Bollywood and Tollywood films, we bet you must have come across numerous ‘chor-police’ chase sequences. However, what if you were to witness a policeman chasing a culprit IRL? People on the streets of Nehru Maidan, Mangaluru were in for a great surprise on Thursday afternoon when they witnessed a cop chasing a man who had reportedly stolen a mobile phone. A video of the incident has surfaced on social media. Mind you, there were three culprits involved.

Assistant Reserve Sub-Inspector (ARSI) Varun Alva caught the accused, Harish Poojary, a 32-year-old-man from Neermarga, by chasing and pinning him down in complete cinema style. In the video, the policeman was seen chasing the alleged culprit, following him through narrow bylanes, and finally he was able to track him down and nabbed him in the middle of a busy road.