Alert residents help police nab thief

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru:

Alert residents of Yeshwantpur nabbed a thief trying to break open the shutters of a medical store in the city. The incident had reportedly taken place on Sunday around 2:15 a.m. when a few residents passing by noticed a suspicious-looking person trying to break the shutters of the medical store.

As the people started questioning him, he reportedly consumed several pills and collapsed. Shocked, the residents informed the jurisdictional police regarding the matter and handed over him to the cops.

The police identified the person as Ashoka alias Pinto and arrested him after detecting several theft cases filed against him in the city. The incident of the residents nabbing Ashoka was caught in CCTV footage. Further investigation is on.