With arrest of six burglars, Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have busted a gang of robbers who allegedly used to steal copper wire from Delhi’s All India Radio High Power Transmission Aerial Field near Mukerjee Nagar. Police have also recovered two hundred kilogram (Kg) copper wire from the possession of the accused.
The accused have been identified as Umed (33), Akshay(22), Abhishek (22) all residents of Hapur, Uttar Pradesh (UP), Shan Mohamad (24), Shahzad (26), both residents of Delhi's Seemapuri area and a receiver of stolen items identified as Aas Mohamad (26) a resident of GTB Enclave in Delhi.
According to Vijayanta Arya, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North West district, several incidents of theft were reported by All India Radio High Power Transmission Aerial field in Mukherjee Nagar police station following which a case under sections 457/380/411/34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered and investigation was taken up.
"Police teams were formed and the staff of the facility was alerted and told to keep an eye open for anything strange. Subsequently police team also kept eyes on the activities in the area which led to the arrest of three accused identified as Shan, Shahzad and Abhishek while they were stealing copper wire again from the facility. Police recovered 90 kg of copper wire from their possession," said the DCP.
"On their instance, the receiver of stolen items, Aas Mohamadd was arrested from GTB Enclave and police had also recovered 110 kg of copper wire from his possession. On the instance of the accused persons, several raids were conducted in which two another co-accused persons Umed and Akshay were also arrested from Hapur," said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on.