Pickpocket steals the show at star wedding in Bangalore

It was a pickpocket, who virtually stole the show at the wedding of buxom heroine of Kannada filmdom and popular director Prem in Bangalore on Friday evening.

Even as hundreds of star-struck men and women jostled to catch a closer glimpse of the star couple at the Padmavathy Marriage Hall in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bangalore, a 22-year-old youth, who had sneaked into the venue unobtrusively, went about picking the pockets of gathering.

The well-dressed youth Krishna gained entry into the marriage hall claiming to be a hard-core fan of Prem, did not arouse any suspicion until a lady police constable wearing civilian clothes spotted him stealing a purse from a guest. But, when Krishna slipped his hands into the pocket of a man standing in the queue to greet the star couple, the lady constable alerted her colleagues, who pounced on him.

The police frisked him and recovered Rs 9,500 in cash, a credit card and a driving license belonging to a person named Sanjeev Kumar. Police said the pickpocket is now cooling his heels in the lock-up.
Krishna had gone about picking pockets as Rakshitha, a popular actress in Kannada movies, tied the nuptial knot with director of hit-movie Jogi and long-time love Prem in the presence of a large number of well-wishers from the Kannada film fraternity and fans.