Two miscreants involved in purchasing stolen goods of an infrastructure company worth Rs7.5 lakh, were arrested on Tuesday. A jeep and construction materials were stolen on October 31 by two employees of the company’s plant located in Ratua under Gunga police station area.
According to the police, two persons were nabbed from Bairkhedi on Tuesday and recovered a Mahindra Bolero jeep and construction material from their possession.
The two nabbed accused were identified as Habib Khan (28) and Gurfan Khan (19) who are residents of Bairkhedi. The two bought goods and vehicle from the main accused Manik Roa and Krishna Patil who have stolen the goods and vehicle are still at large.
During the investigation, police found that Manik and Krishna used to work for the company. The two hailed from Maharasthra and used to live at the plant. On October 31, after failing to find the two company representative, the next day, Ravi alias Ramesh Premchandani lodged a complaint with the Gunga police claiming that two of their employees escaped with goods and a jeep.
He claimed that in the theft five spares tyres of truck, 55 drums of emulsion, 35 drums of (light Diesel Oil) lDO, two batteries of generators, 200 liters of Diesel and a Mahindra Bolero jeep worth Rs7.52 lakh were stolen .
At the time of the theft only the two accused were present at the plant and which provided them an easy escape. A case under section 381, 34 (C) and 411 of the IPC was registered and search for the main accused has been intensified.