A 24-year-old school teacher was injured after she fell off an auto-rickshaw when three people snatched her mobile phone in south Delhi's Saket area, police said on Monday.

Police received information about the incident on Friday afternoon.

The teacher, a resident of Jawhar Park in Devli, was returning home from her school on an auto-rickshaw when near Khoka Market in Saket three bike-borne men snatched her mobile phone, a police officer said.

She fell from the auto and sustained injuries, the officer said.

A case has been registered in the matter and efforts are on to nab the accused. CCTV footage of the area are being checked, police said.

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