Four women have been arrested from South Delhi for allegedly stealing handbags from high-end restaurants, police said today.
On September 21, a woman complained to police that her handbag containing cash, mobile phone, credit cards and other important documents was stolen from a restaurant in South Extension, Ishwar Singh DCP(South) said.
The victim claimed that when she returned to her seat at the restaurant after seeing off her friend, the bag she had left on the table was missing. On checking the CCTV footage she found that a group of women had stolen it, the officer said.
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Police analysed the CCTV footage and deployed special teams to nab them. On receiving a tip-off, a trap was laid and the four women, identified as Manisha, Neelam, Varsha and their leader Rano, were arrested yesterday, the officer said.
The accused would dress up in a prim and proper and mostly targeted high-end restaurants, police said, adding Varsha, Manisha and Neelam were previously involved in a number of criminal cases.
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