Bengaluru, Sept. 27 -- A trader of silk sarees and two others have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman who allegedly stole silk sarees from the accused's shop on September 21, police said, adding that the woman was also earlier taken into custody.

According to police, the woman, originally hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was captured in the act of stealing more than 50 silk sarees from 44-year-old accused Umed Kumar's store in Chikkapet's Avenue Road by CCTV footage on September 21. Kumar shared the footage among other traders in the market to warn them about the woman, said police.

On Wednesday, Kumar and his associate, Mahendra Seervi, 25, spotted the woman in the market and allegedly assaulted her, police said, before handing...