A plucky 22-year-old who fell off a moving train when a thief snatched her mobile phone, managed to catch him, thanks to the help of people living along the tracks. The accused was arrested. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in Poisar between Borivli and Kandivali railway stations. Pooja Jaiswal, a resident of Gorai, who works with a private company in Malad, boarded a Churchgate-bound slow local from platform number one at Borivli railway station.

In a hurry, Jaiswal boarded the luggage compartment and was standing near the door holding her phone. She planned to board the ladies compartment at the next station. As the local slowed at the signal near Poisar subway, police said suddenly the accused, Noor Mohammed Shaikh, 26, who was in the compartment, snatched her phone and jumped out. Jaiswal lost her balance and fell off the moving train. Before other commuters on the train could react, it had regained speed.