Actress Rupa Dutta was arrested on Sunday for reportedly committing attention diversion theft during the International Kolkata Book Fair.
According to a police official from Bidhan Nagar North police station, Dutta was arrested on Saturday when a police officer witnessed her discarding a purse into a dustbin.
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Rupa Dutta detained and questioned, revealed discrepancies in her answers. Several purses and Rs 75,000 in cash were found from her bag during a search, he said.
“The woman has been arrested in connection with ‘kepmari’ (attention diversion theft) and further investigation is underway to find out whether more people are connected with the crime,” the officer said.
Rupa Dutta was earlier in the soup after she wrongly accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment, while sharing on social media screenshots of her conversation with another person who shared the first name with the renowned director