Chikkaballapura (PTI): Three women who allegedly stole gold ornaments from passengers at bus stands under the guise of being travellers have been arrested by the Chikkaballapura Town Police, officials said.

According to police, the arrests were made based on a complaint lodged by Rihana Khanam, a resident of Chikkaballapura Town.

In her complaint on May 27, she stated that around 2 pm, while boarding a Gudibande-bound bus at the crowded KSRTC bus stand, she noticed that someone had stolen gold bangles from her bag.

Following her complaint, a case was registered at Chikkaballapura Town Police Station under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and an investigation was launched.

On July 25, police arrested three accused from Kalaburagi. Their names were given as Tulasi (22), Prema (21), and Sonia Baba Sheikh (25), They worked as ragpickers. Upon interrogation, the trio confessed to the theft as well as their involvement in an earlier case (Crime No. 35/2024 under Section 379 IPC) reported in the same police station, police said.

Police recovered approximately 70 grams of gold jewellery worth Rs seven lakh from the accused.

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Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.

"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.

Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.

"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.

"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.

Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.