Puttur, Sep 21, 2022: The act of a woman stealing the purse of the Puttur Taluk Panchayat Planning Officer has been caught on the CCTV camera of the bus.
The officer Sukanya was travelling between Mangaluru and Puttur on September 20, Tuesday when she lost her purse containing a cash of Rs 5000 and some records.
She had subsequently lodged a complaint with the police and contacted the bus staff to check the CCTV footage. The CCTV footage revealed a woman who was seated next to Sukanya trying to steal her phone but eventually laying hands on her purse while she was alighting the bus at Puttur.
The accused woman had boarded the bus at Kalladka and is believed to be a part of a pick-pocketing racket.