Woman Arrested for Stealing ₹7 Lakh Ornaments from Bus Passenger in NTR District
December 5, 2025
The Chillakallu police in NTR Commissionerate arrested a woman named P. Visalakshi for stealing ornaments from a passenger on a bus. The police recovered gold and silver ornaments worth about ₹7 lakh from her. Police Commissioner S.V. Rajashekar Babu and DCP B. Lakshminarayana formed special teams to investigate. They examined CCTV footage and arrested Visalakshi a day after the complaint was filed, said Jaggaiahpet Circle Inspector P. Venkateswarlu.
Visalakshi, from Amaravaram village in Kanchikacherla mandal, boarded a bus at Vijayawada. She stole a handbag containing gold and silver ornaments from a sleeping woman passenger. The police team, led by Chillakallu SIs T. Surya Srinivas and S.N.S. Manikanta, identified Visalakshi after reviewing footage from 25 surveillance cameras. She got off the bus with the stolen handbag at Kanchikacherla bus station.
Inspector Venkateswarlu said, "The woman picked up the handbag while the passenger was asleep and alighted the bus." The police swiftly caught her and recovered the valuables.
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Theft
Bus Robbery
Ornaments Theft
Ntr Commissionerate
Cctv
Arrest
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