Bantwal: 'Wedding specialist' woman chain snatcher in police net
Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (VM)
Bantwal, May 2: A woman chain snatcher who targeted children at wedding ceremonies was arrested by Bantwal police at B C Road here on Wednesday May 1.
The arrested is identified as Shashikala from Neermarga.
On interrogating, it was learnt that Shashikala had sold 51 grams of stolen gold in various jewellery stores. The chains, worth Rs 1.40 lac, were recovered by the police from the jewellers.
As per the information obtained, the arrested was involved in various thefts in the past two years. She used to target children in functions and snatch chains from them.
As many as 4 cases are registered against her and she was absconding so far, said police sources.
Based on a tip-off, the police arrested her on Wednesday at a hotel in B C Road.
It is said that Shashikala was identified by police based on a video footage of one of the wedding ceremonies.