Bantwal : Bantwal police have arrested a woman from Neermarga who was wanted in connection with several cases of chain snatching at wedding halls.
The arrested woman is Shashikala. She was arrested on May 1, Wednesday. Police said interrogations of the woman revealed that she had stolen gold jewellery weighing nearly 51 grams. Police were successful in recovering gold worth Rs 1.4 lakh which she had sold to jewellery houses.
It is learnt, she mostly targeted women at wedding functions. Police said she was into theft since two years and had four cases registered against her so far.
It was actually a video footage of wedding function that helped the police trap her.