Mangaluru: Barke police succeeded in tracing and arresting a woman, who was accused of snatching a gold chain from a child’s neck inside a wedding hall in the city.Mangaluru City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said that the police arrested the accused within 24 hours of the crime.On Sunday, during a wedding ceremony held in the afternoon at a hall in the city, an unknown woman snatched and stole a gold chain from the neck of a 3-and-a-half-year-old girl child. The stolen gold chain, featuring a pendant, weighs approximately 10g and is valued at around Rs 1.4 lakh.Following a complaint filed by Sheemabanu, a case was registered at Barke police station under Section 304(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and an investigation was launched.Gathering information about the suspect, police detained the accused woman on Monday. She has been identified as Minnath,42, a resident of Kotepura, Ullal; currently residing at Akkarakere in Ullal. The stolen 10g gold chain was recovered from her possession.The accused was produced before a court on Tuesday.The commissioner said that a total of nine cases are registered against her—including three theft cases at Ullal police station and five theft cases at Konaje Police Station—which are currently under trial. Given her involvement in multiple criminal offenses, Section 112 (organised crime) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has also been invoked in the investigation, he said.Barke police station PSI Guruppa Kanthi, PSI Vinayaka Thoragal, and crime team staff were involved in solving the case.
