BJP workers caught a 31-year-old pickpocket during the victory celebrations at Bommanahalli on Tuesday morning. The suspect was caught red-handed when he was trying to pick the pocket of BJP party worker Pilla Reddy, and was handed over to the police.
According to the police, the arrested man, Bhojraj, is from Chitradurga. He had reached the city on Tuesday morning. “We suspect him to be a habitual offender,” a senior police officer said. The Madiwala police are conducting enquiries with their counterparts in Chitradurga to check his background.