Three woman thieves held, 2.5 lakh recovered in Miryalaguda

Miryalaguda: The Miryalaguda One Town police on Monday arrested three members of an inter-district women thieves gang and recovered Rs 2.50 lakh from their possession.

The arrested were identified as Danugula Kavitha of Chilukur mandal, Sampangi Saidamma and Sampangi Tirupatamma of Kodad in Suryapet district.

Briefing the media about their crime history and modus operandi at a press meet held at One Town police station, CI Sada Nagaraju informed that the accused pose themselves as passengers and lift the gold chains and purses of women passengers in buses by diverting their attention.

The CI informed that the trio was involved in several theft cases in buses erstwhile Nalgonda district.