Mangalore: Three Tamil Nadu women acting as private bus stand thieves at Kankanady on Thursday, April 26 were caught by Witnesses but one of them managed to escape, while the other two (Seetha and Saritha) who had stealthily removed the bags of alighting passenger Suraiya, on her way to a hospital at Kankanady, were Caught by bystanders and handed over to local police at Kankanady, after making enquiries.

As the bus reached destination, Suraiya found suddenly that her(2) bags were missing, and raised an alarm. People noticed 3 other women going away with her bags. They were caught.

The Kadri police at Kankanady have arrested the two women for investigation, while the third one remains at large.