Sudhakar Nadar with superstar Rajinikanth.

MUMBAI: A Tamil newspaper photojournalist caught a bag-lifter after a 2km chase on his bike on Friday morning. They were fleeing after snatching a handbag of Khalsa college vice-principal Dr Davender Kaur Bhasin.Bhasin thanked Sudhakar Nadar for his bravery and presence of mind and he was felicitated by deputy commissioner of police (zone IV) N Ambika.Nadar was returning after dropping his son at St Joseph School at 6.30am. “I was near Shanmukananda Hall at King’s Circle when I saw two bikers with a pillion rider moving around suspiciously. I had gone a little ahead when I heard a woman shouting, ‘chor, chor’. I immediately understood the bikers must be chain-snatchers and started chasing them,” said Nadar, who cornered one of them.A policeman saw Nadar chasing the biker and started running behind him. “By the time I caught the biker and was questioning him, the constable reached and took custody of the boy. The minor boy initially denied he was with the bag-lifters but when I told him they had been captured by CCTV cameras near the hall, he broke down,” added Nadar.Police then held the two other minors from Sangam Nagar. Nadar then went to the hall where Bhasin was waiting and told her that the thieves had been caught and her bag with a new mobile and Rs 7,000 was with Antop Hill police.Nadar’s son and daughter were felicitated by Mumbai Police a year back. The presence of mind shown by Nadar’s son Mathew and daughter Vincy had let to the arrest of a mobile thief at Antop Hill. “This is to convey that police have succeeded in tracing my bag. Many, many thanks, this was possible only because of you. I am totally indebted to you. Good Samaritans like you keep the world going. Thanks one again,” Bhasin texted Nadar.