: Police have arrested five persons in connection with the theft of medical equipments worth around Rs 60 lakh from the Capital Hospital here a couple of days ago.
The arrested persons included four housekeeping staffs of the hospital and a scrap trader. They were identified as Bhagirathi Nayak, Rama Nayak, Sagar Nayak, Gopalkrushna Panda (all housekeeping staffs) and SK Allauddin (scrap dealer).
The arrested housekeeping staffs had been working in the hospital for over five years. Some equipment parts have been seized from their possession. Further investigation into the matter was on, police said.
Notably, the theft was captured in the CCTV cameras installed at the hospital and the thieves donning what appeared to be staff uniforms were seen carrying the equipments in sacks on their backs.
Based on the complaint of the hospital authorities, a case was registered by the Capital police station and investigation was initiated.