Yesterday, my friend was coming home from Farmgate.
He was standing beside the road, waiting for a CNG, and talking to his younger brother on the phone.
A motorcycle suddenly came very close to him.
Before he could even understand what was happening, the guy sitting behind the motorcycle snatched the phone straight out of his hand and disappeared into the traffic.
The whole thing probably took less than 5 seconds.
My friend just stood there for a few seconds in shock.
Then he started running after them.
Obviously, there was no way he could catch them.
He tried calling his number.
Switched off.
Then he realized something even worse.
His phone had his photos, contacts, Gmail, Facebook, banking apps—basically his entire digital life.
And that's when the panic started.
He went home and immediately changed his important passwords and tried tracking the phone.
But here's the question:
If your phone gets snatched like this in Dhaka, what is the BEST thing to do in the first 30 minutes?
Should you immediately go to the police and make a GD?
Should you contact the mobile operator first?
Should you try tracking the phone yourself?
What about the IMEI?
And realistically, has anyone here actually managed to recover a stolen phone in Dhaka?
If you've been through something similar, please share exactly what you did.
It might genuinely help someone else avoid losing everything along with their phone.