Man loses Rs 5,000 at medical store to pickpocket

CHITRADURGA: A pickpocket stole money from a person’s pocket near a medical store in Rampura village in Molakalmuru taluk, under the jurisdiction of Rampur police station.

Shivanandappa had come to buy medicine and had kept his money inside his shirt pocket. The pickpocket too went there on the pretext of buying medicine and stole Rs 5,000 that was in Shivananthappa’s shirt pocket.

Shivanandappa was carrying the money to buy medicines. The incident was captured on the medical store’s CCTV camera. A complaint has been registered and police are on the lookout for the pickpocket.