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3 women pickpockets arrested

Last Updated 06 March 2015, 19:54 IST

The HAL Airport police have arrested three women for pickpocketing in BMTC buses.
According to the police, the arrested are Sita, 22, Shanthi, 32, and Lakhsmi, 40, all residents of Ramanagar. The police also recovered a few thousand rupees from them.

Their modus operandi was to board crowded BMTC buses and make away with purses and mobile phones of commuters. They alighted from the bus at the next bus stop as soon as they struck their target, the police said.

Investigation is on to determine the number of cases they are involved in, said the police.
The police are also trying to recover the mobile phones the women had stolen.

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(Published 06 March 2015, 19:54 IST)

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