A 46-year-old former orchestra singer involved in multiple theft cases in Mumbai and other places was arrested by Unit 05 of the Mumbai Crime Branch from Bengaluru on Tuesday. The Mumbai police and Crime Branch had kept an eye on her since 2018 when they noticed her unique modus operandi. She would steal expensive goods from shopping malls and crowded market areas of different cities. She has multiple cases registered against her in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

Many arrests

The woman was identifed as Munmun Hussain alias Archana Barua alias Nikki. She originally belongs to Kolkata, but has been staying in Bengaluru for the past few years. The Mumbai Crime Branch was on the lookout for her in an April 2019 case of stealing the hand bag of a woman shopping in Phoenix Mall, Lower Parel. The handbag had jewellery worth more than Rs 13 lakh, Rs 50,000 cash and her iPhone 07.