Overview

• On July 27, Sudip Bose reported being drugged with tea by Jia Singh in a Dum Dum Airport hotel room and waking to find his phone, cash and bag stolen.
• Police traced Singh through hotel CCTV, her phone number and undercover calls posing as suitors, leading to her arrest on July 28.
• During interrogation, Singh identified her partner, resulting in the August 1 arrest of Md. Mahmuddul Hasan near Dum Dum Junction.
• Hasan, a Bangladeshi national from Rajshahi, had his passport and visa seized before the Barrackpore Court remanded him to police custody.
• Authorities are investigating whether the pair operated a larger cross-border theft network channeling stolen items to Bangladesh via matrimonial and e-commerce platforms.