Overview
- Police say the October 15 theft occurred at a Posta shop on Adi Banshtala Lane, where a shopper’s purse with gold ornaments and Rs 4,000 was taken.
- Detectives analyzed CCTV, circulated the suspect’s images to informants, maintained a watch in Burrabazar and arrested Rupa Dutta near Nanda Ram Market on Brabourne Road.
- Investigators recovered a mangalsutra, a neck chain with a Vaishno Devi locket and two bracelets totaling 62.95 grams from her Gariahat residence.
- Dutta has been booked under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and was produced before Bankshall Court, which sent her to police custody through November 7.
- Police sources cite a 2022 arrest in a similar case at the Kolkata International Book Fair as they probe possible links to other incidents; recovery of the stolen cash has not been confirmed.