Mysuru: A woman, who was returning to Mysuru from Bengaluru in a KSRTC bus was relieved of her gold chain by a girl seated next to her and a complaint has been lodged at Lashkar Police Station in this regard.

The woman, who lost her gold chain weighing about 80 grams, is Dakshayini, a resident of Roopa Nagar in city.

On Jan. 28, Dakshayini, who had been to Bengaluru to attend a marriage ceremony of a relative, boarded a KSRTC bus to Mysuru from the Satellite Bus Stand. As the seat next to her was vacant, a girl occupied the seat, introduced herself and began to talk with her during the journey to Mysuru.

When the bus stopped at Srirangapatna, the girl, who got down from the bus brought two packets of juice and gave one to Dakshayini while she drank the juice from the other packet.

Dakshayini, who fell asleep after drinking the juice, woke up at the Suburban Bus Stand here and went to her house in an auto. Meanwhile, Dakshayini’s son, who noticed the gold chain missing from his mother’s neck, asked her about it and it was only then the theft came to light.

She then lodged a complaint at Lashkar Police Station in this regard and the Police, based on the complaint are investigating.

Chain snatched at Shakthinagar

Miscreants have reportedly snatched a gold chain weighing about 11 grams from one Bojamma near RTO Office in Shakthinagar here. A case has been registered at Udayagiri Police Station, in this regard.