New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Delhi Police have arrested a helper working with an app-based bus operator and recovered $1,600 allegedly stolen from the purse of an Iranian national at ISBT Kashmere Gate, police said on Sunday.

Deputy commissioner of police (North) Raja Banthia said the theft was reported on December 15 after Fareshteh Sayanjali, an Iranian citizen visiting India, arrived at ISBT Kashmere Gate from Rishikesh around 1.45 pm. Police said Sayanjali accidentally left her purse on the bus while deboarding. She later received a call from the bus operator stating that the purse had been found. However, on receiving it, she discovered that $1,600 (approximately, Rs.143,000) kept inside was missing, police said.

Sayanjali, who was stayin...