BALLARI: The APMC police have seized 17 lakh in cash which was kept at a house after tracing women thieves who were stealing by diverting attention of passengers in buses.
The police who had gone to Kuppam town of Andhra Pradesh, went to house of the accused, seized money and returned, and have now laid net for two missing women thieves. The accused are Bhuvana (35) and Roopa (36) of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
The duo stole 135 grams gold worth Rs 13 lakh and Rs 1 lakh which was in a bag belonging to Yellamma originally from Chitradurga in a bus coming from Rampura to Ballari. After that, on September 3, they stole 4.5 tola gold worth Rs 3 lakh belonging to Parvathamma at Ballari bus stand. Cases were registered in APMC police station about both cases.
The APMC police who took up case and started investigation, traced the accused based on CCTV camera, call details and crime records of Chittoor Police Station in Andhra Pradesh. Ballari SP Suman D Pennekar has formed a team for the arrest of the two women thieves.
