Overview
- Fareshteh Sayanjali left her purse on a FlixBus from Rishikesh and later found the cash missing after it was returned at ISBT Kashmere Gate on December 15.
- An FIR was registered on December 16 at Kashmere Gate police station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Investigators questioned the driver, conductor and helper; the conductor said the helper, Monish, had handed him the purse.
- Police say Monish, 26, later confessed during interrogation, leading to his arrest and a raid at his Jahangirpuri home that recovered the full $1,600.
- Officials identified the team led by Inspector Prashant Yadav under the supervision of ACP Shankar Banerjee, with further investigation continuing.