Rs 65, 000 recovered from pick pocket

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 29:  Srinagar police arrested a pick pocket from Batamaloo and recovered about Rs 65,000 stolen from commuters from him. The pick pocket has been shifted to Central Jail, Srinagar.
Police said that a pick pocket Shabir Ahmad Sheikh son of Bashir Ahmad resident of Haft Chinar, Srinagar was arrested by a police party of Batamaloo police station while stealing a wallet in a commuter bus at Batamaloo. On his questioning, police has recovered so far Rs 65280 stolen from the commuters from his possession.
He was presented before the Magistrate and was remanded to Central Jail, Srinagar.