With the arrest of four men, the Delhi Police on Wednesday busted a gang of cable thieves which used to steal power cables from the newly opened Magenta line of the Delhi Metro.
Pankaj Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police Metro said, “Four men have been arrested. During their interrogation, Dilshad, the masterermind revealed that he, along with the members, used to work as labourers at the Kalindi Kunj depot at the time when the Magenta line was under construction and were therefore aware about the entry and exit gates. They all used to steal iron ore or scrap from the DMRC project in connivance with the security guard. Since they worked during the construction of the Magenta line, they all were aware how to decamp with the cable wires.”
The arrested have been identified as Dilshad (22), Ali Hasan (23), Imran (27) and Saddam (24). Dilshad and Ali were former labourers of a project under the Delhi Metro.
Police said in the recent past one month, many incidents of cable thefts were being reported, due to which the DMRC had been facing difficulties to continue the operations on the Magenta line.