The Ghaziabad police arrested electric wire thieves and recovered stolen wire worth over Rs 30 lakh, along with other items, from their possession.
The Superintendent of Police (SP) City, Salman Taj Patil said, a cting on a specific information, staff of Kavi Nagar police and the Special Operation Group (SOG) nabbed thieves from Hapur crossing and recovered huge stock of stolen and other items from their possession.
During sustained interrogation they revealed their names as Abid, Rashid, Zahid, Amir, Feroz, Firoz and Anshu, all of whom are residents of Meerut, Baghpat and Ghaziabad. They confessed to their crime and police recovered two bundles of wire, transformer parts, two country made pistols, two knives, tools to cut wire, cord and a mini truck. During verification a dozen criminal cases were found registered against them in different police stations of Meerut, Baghpat and Ghaziabad.
"Since electric wire theft is an anti national act, so we are recommending to book them under National Security Act (NSA), Gangster Act in addition to relevant sections of IPC" said SP City.