Calcutta, June 25: A reporter of a magazine chasing a crime story was robbed by the two men he was waiting for tonight.

Muhammad Imtiaz and Tinku Majhi had asked the reporter to come to the Exide crossing. They arrived in a car and asked the reporter to get inside. They took his cellphone and Rs 2,500 and then dropped him off at Lee Road.

Imtiaz and Majhi were arrested after the reporter lodged a complaint at Bhowanipore police station.