After tying two security guards, copper wire and plates were robbed from Government poultry centre by some miscreants under Bilkharia police station area on Sunday. According to the police, at around 10 pm, the security guards Ganesh and Babulal posted at Kutkut Paalan Kendra were tied up and later, copper wires and plates were burgled by the miscreants.
Ganesh lodged a complaint with the Bilkharia police stating that on Monday night when the power went off four miscreants entered the premises and locked the security guard Babulal deployed at the main gate in a nearby room later when Ganesh went towards the transformer, he was attacked by the miscreants and held him captive in a room after putting cloth in his mouth. After tying up the two, miscreants took cooper wires and plates. later, the two were rescued after the power resumed.
It was not confirmed that the miscreants were behind the power supply disruption or it was disconnected after fault or for some repair work. After the preliminary investigation, police registered a case under section 382 of the IPC and have started further investigation. During the investigation, police found that the miscreants attacked when the power went off and managed to escape before the power resumed. They were aware about the copper plates and wire, which suggests that the miscreants were acquainted with the premises or were hinted by some insider. Police said that the victims have not seen the miscreants in the absence of light, but based on the evidence found at the spot, the miscreants would be nabbed.