Bengaluru police conduct an undercover operation targeting alleged pickpocketing on city buses. According to reports, officers take bus rides for about two weeks while working undercover to identify suspects who steal from commuters. The investigation alleges that the pickpocketing duo targets passengers when they are getting off crowded buses, using the rush and crowding to take items such as cash and mobile phones. Police state the suspects are arrested following the operation, which focuses on catching offenders while they carry out the thefts rather than after complaints alone. The accounts describe the method as surveillance through direct placement on routes and close observation of boarding and alighting areas. Officers then arrest the duo after evidence is gathered during the undercover period. The reports consistently link the arrests to thefts occurring during the movement and disembarking of passengers from crowded buses.