Police arrested eight persons in connection with the theft of transformers a year ago and recovered 80 kg of copper wire from their possession. The arrested have been identified as Goutam Paswan, Manish Rai, Manoj Dhiwar, Narendra Anant, Punit Madhukar, Shankar,Ghanshyam Dewangan and Rishabh alias Raj Jain According to Neora Station Head Officer (SHO) Sapan Choudhary, they were arrested following a tip off that two persons were looking for customers for copper wire sale near Deendaya Chowk on a motorbike (CG 10 H 1509).
A team of as many as 15 personnel including Assistant Sub Inspector Amit Adani and Head Constable Hirendra Verma were rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area and took them into custody. During the interrogation, Shankar and Punit confessed to the crime and named four others who were also involved in the crime and arrested them as well. Ghanshyam Dewangan and Rishabh alias Raj Jain were arrested for purchasing the stolen materials. Ghanshyam was reportedly running a shop named as Om Metal in Kharora while Arihant Metals in Bhanpuri belonged to Rishabh. They are booked under Sections 379 (theft), 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) and 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC).