The police produced the accused and seized ornaments before the media at the Chillakall police station on Thursday. | Photo credit: Special arrangement
Chillakallu police of NTR Commissionerate arrested a woman, identified as P. Visalakshi, on charges of stealing ornaments from a bus passenger and recovered gold and silver ornaments worth around ₹7 lakh from her possession.
Commissioner of Police SV Rajashekar Babu and DCP B. Lakshminarajana constituted special teams to investigate the case. Investigating officers examined the CCTV footage and arrested the woman a day after receiving the report, Jaggaiahpet Circle Inspector P. Venkateswarlu said.
Visalakshi, a native of Amaravaram village in Kanchikacherla mandal of NTR district, boarded a bus in Vijayawada. She allegedly stole the passenger’s purse, in which gold and silver ornaments were kept.
A police team led by Chillakallu SI T. Surya Srinivas and SNS Manikanta identified the accused after examining footage from 25 surveillance cameras. A woman got off a bus with a handbag at Kanchikacherla bus station.
“The woman picked up her purse while the passenger was sleeping and got off the bus,” Mr. Venkateswarlu said on Thursday.
Published – 05 Dec 2025 0:21 IST
