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Two arrested for scrap iron theft
The Statesman
|November 28, 2024
Two persons Sagar Akure and Mohamed Raja Khan were arrested after Durgapur Police seized around Rs 5 lakh worth iron scraps stolen from a closed iron and steel factory in Durgapur today morning.
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The Bidhannagar police outpost under New Township police station has seized the scrap iron loaded by the thieves in a pickup van from a closed factory.
Near Muchipara, the Durgapur police intercepted the pickup van and after search operations seized the stolen scrap iron worth Rs 5 lakh.
This story is from the November 28, 2024 edition of The Statesman.
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