Bengaluru: Woman Notorious For Laptop Theft Caught After Two Years

A woman notorious for robbing laptops for two years was nabbed by the Bengaluru Police on March 30. 29-year-old Jassu Agarwal was caught with 24 laptops and computer parts worth at least ₹10 lakh, the police said. According to reports, she would seek accommodation and paying guest houses across the city and flee with the flatmates' laptops after a few weeks. Once a techie, she first got the taste of robbery in September 2022 and has been committing the crime ever since. The conniving thief reportedly targeted parts of the city with the most IT crowd.

Agarwal, originally from Rajasthan, was nabbed by the HAL Police on March 30 after which she was interrogated at length as per an Asian News International report. Reportedly, she had been stealing computer parts from paying guest accommodations and houses in software-hub localities since 2022. 

Laptop Thief Caught

29-year-old Jassu Agarwal was caught by the HAL police after over a year of searching. Bengaluru Police Commissioner, B Dayananda said, "The woman identified as Jassu Agarwal was arrested with 24 laptops worth ₹ 10 lakh." Subsequently, the police found CCTV footage capturing an individual absconding with three laptops.

Following an investigation, it was revealed that the Jodhpur-origin woman had been robbing laptops from PGs and houses for about two years. She targeted the localities with the most IT companies. These areas include Tin Factory, Marathahalli, Bellandur, Silkboard Hebbala, Whitefield, and Mahadevpur. 

Agarwal was reportedly once a software engineer herself and had come to Bengaluru for work. However, in 2022, she became a notorious laptop thief. Agarwal would secure lodging in PG accommodations under the pretext of attending job interviews. Pretending to stay there for a few weeks, she would steal the laptops of other women there. 

She admitted to the police that she sold these laptops to shops in Marathahalli, Yalahanka and Hebbal and made ₹5,000 to ₹10,000 per device. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Whitefield Division, Sivakumar, under the guidance of the HAL Police Inspector and others, have succeeded in cracking the case against the accused.