BENGALURU: Bengaluru police arrested a 29-year-old woman from Rajasthan for stealing laptops from various paying guest accommodations in the city since 2022.
The woman, identified as Jassu Agarwal, was found with 24 laptops valued at Rs 10 lakh.
Police Commissioner B Dayananda said: "A laptop, charger and mouse were stolen from a rented house under the HAL police station and a case was registered at the HAL police station in October last year."
The investigation led to the arrest of Agarwal, who operated in PG areas near software companies in locations like Tin Factory, Marathahalli, Bellandur, Silkboard Hebbala, Whitefield, and Mahadevpur. T
The stolen laptops were traced to shops in Marathahalli, Yelahanka, and Hebbal. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Whitefield Division, Sivakumar, with the HAL Police Inspector's guidance, successfully cracked the case.
The accused woman faces charges for multiple thefts, with specific incidents reported from Koramangala and Indiranagar.
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