Two woman pickpockets caught red-handed

Patancheru: Two women were caught red handed by co-passengers while they trying to flee with Rs 1 lakh cash from a running RTC bus on Thursday. The incident took place at a bus stand near Patancheru police station in broad day light when one Sandhya, a resident of Indresham village, was travelling from KPHB to Patancheru with the cash in her hand bag.

Right after the victim's timely alert of the theft of her cash, the locals and the co-passengers on the bus caught hold of the women thieves at the bus stand while they were trying to scoot and thrashed them before handing them over to the police along with the cash. The police suspect that the women pickpockets belong to Tamil Nadu due to their style of speaking.