Two pickpockets were arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here for allegedly stealing a flyer's walletcontaining Rs 2,100 cash, foreign currency and bank cards.
Officials said the incident was reported around 5 AM when a CISF security personnel deployed to check the CCTV footage of the bus terminal area at the international arrival noticed suspicious activity of the duo.
The CISF official immediately alerted his on-duty colleagues who intercepted the two and recovered the wallet of the flier, identified as A Siddiqui, who was coming from Dubai and travelling to Patna.
The wallet contained Rs 2,100 cash, 300 Dirhams and a few credit and debit cards and the arrested men have been identified as B Upadhyay and Om Prakash, the officials said.
"Siddiqui was later tracked over CCTV and he was handed over his wallet before he boarded a flight to Patna. Till this time, he was unaware about the theft. He later made a complaint in this regard after which the police booked and arrested the two pickpockets," they said.
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