13 women thieves arrested in Delhi

A gang of 13 women thieves who posed as rag-pickers were arrested here on Monday along with a male accomplice, police said.

The women were caught by locals in Siraspur in north Delhi around 4 a.m. when they were trying to break into a shop, Deputy Commissioner of Police Rishi Pal said.

Pal said the women committed thefts across the city. The male accomplice was an auto-rickshaw driver.

--IANS

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