Times News Network
Kanpur: Police arrested four alleged members of a gang involved in stealing electric wires and recovered a Honda car, a wire-cutting machine and about 46 kg of aluminium wire. Sajeti police had registered two cases involving the theft of about 750 metres of electric wire. A .315-bore country-made pistol and cartridges were also recovered from accused Brijendra. A police team was awarded Rs 10,000 for the arrests under the supervision and guidance of ACP Ghatampur.
Transformer oil and electric wire thefts had been reported from several police station areas in Ghatampur circle, according to police.
Acting on an informant’s tip-off, a police team arrested the four accused while they were allegedly roaming with the intention of committing another offence, police said. Brijendra, son of Nathuram and a Mahoba resident, had previously been jailed in theft and Arms Act cases, police said. Police identified the alleged gang leader as Dilip alias Parmalal, a Hamirpur resident facing eight cases of theft, gangster activity, robbery and burglary. During questioning, police learnt that the stolen wire had allegedly been sold to Munna Kabadi, a Hamirpur resident. Raids are under way to trace him. All four accused are being sent to jail.