Two women from Maharashtra arrested in Kurnool for bus station theft

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The Kurnool IV-Town constabulary connected Friday arrested 2 women from Maharashtra successful transportation with a theft reported astatine the APSRTC autobus presumption present connected November 30.

According to the police, Sharada, a pistillate rider from Koilkuntla, arrived astatine Kurnool on with her hubby from Hyderabad and was waiting to committee a autobus to her hometown. At that time, 2 women, posing arsenic passengers and clad successful burqas, approached her. While 1 of them deliberately blocked the footboard of the bus, preventing different passengers from boarding, the 2nd pistillate swiftly snatched Sharada’s wallet and fled.

The wallet contained golden ornaments weighing astir 75 grams. Following a complaint, the constabulary registered a lawsuit and launched an investigation. A peculiar squad examined CCTV footage from the autobus presumption premises and conducted extended inquiries successful Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Vijayawada, and Visakhapatnam.

In presumption of the Sankranthi rush, peculiar constabulary teams were deployed astatine autobus stations crossed Kurnool district. During surveillance, the constabulary noticed 2 women moving suspiciously astatine the autobus station. On spotting the police, the duo attempted to fly but were apprehended by women constabulary personnel.

The accused were identified arsenic Rosie Sultana, 45, and Shaik Rafiqa, 65, some residents of Akola territory successful Maharashtra. During interrogation, they were recovered to beryllium habitual offenders who targeted passengers astatine railway stations and autobus stations. The constabulary said the duo was wanted successful cases crossed Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. They were aboriginal remanded to the Kurnool sub-jail.

Published - January 16, 2026 07:30 p.m. IST

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