Woman arrested in Bengaluru for stealing gold chain and cash from lodge

A 48-year-old woman was arrested in Bengaluru for stealing a gold chain and ₹4,000 from a man who had stayed with her at a lodge in St. Thomas Mount. The police recovered ₹1.5 lakh and seized two mobile phones and five SIM cards from her.

Kannan, 53, a resident of Chromepet and a former general manager of a private company in Valasaravakkam, became acquainted with Kanchanlata Singh through an online app. In the afternoon of August 26, the two checked into a lodge in St. Thomas Mount. Later that night, Kannan woke up to find that his gold chain weighing around 2.5 sovereigns and ₹4,000 in cash were missing. He subsequently realised that the woman who had stayed with him had stolen these.