Eight bundles of steel fencing wire worth Rs 2.67 lakh were stolen from Bagroda village under Katara Hills police station. The wire bundles were kept for fencing, said police.
Police said that bundles of fencing wire were found stolen on March 18 by the victim.
The complainant, Ibrahim Khan, lodged a complaint after bundles of fencing wire were found stolen on March 18.
In his complaint, the victim claimed that the local community collected money to erect pillars for fencing the burial ground. The wire bundles were bought and were kept at the burial ground and on March 18 the bundles of wire were found stolen.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case under section 379 of the IPC.
Police would check CCTV footages of the CCTV cameras installed in the area.
As the bundles were heavy and more in number, miscreants would have used vehicle to transport the bundles.
The vehicles would be tracked which have been used to carry wire bundles.
Police have detained suspects which are habitual offender of the area and might be involved in stealing the goods.
The scrap dealers of the area and Old Categorised market would be questioned in the investigation as without their help disposing such goods would not be easy said police.