Three women held for stealing gold ornaments from passengers at bus stands
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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One person taken into custody after woman found dead in Himachal forest
Nahan (HP) (PTI): A suspect has been taken into custody after a woman's partially burnt body was found in a forest near a police battalion camp in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmour district, police said.
The body of the woman, who is stated to be in her late 30s, was spotted in the dense forest of the Karaunde Wali Ghati area near Dhaula Kuan by locals on Wednesday morning. The identity of the deceased has not yet been established.
The accused in the case was taken into custody at Bata Bridge in Paonta Sahib on Wednesday evening following scanning of the CCTV footage of the area coupled with inputs from Haryana Police, police said.
According to police, the accused is a resident of Barara town in Ambala district of Haryana. A case of kidnapping has already been registered against him in Ambala.
Sirmour District Superintendent of Police Nischint Singh Negi said one person has been taken into custody following contact with Haryana Police.
Postmortem examination of the woman is scheduled to be conducted on Thursday at the Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar Government Medical College at Nahan.
Police are currently investigating whether the woman was murdered in Barara itself, and if her body was subsequently dumped in the Paonta forest and set on fire.
