Rayagada: The Bisam-Cuttack police have arrested 5 folks in reference to pipe theft from the mega mission website underneath the Bisam-Cuttack police station within the Rayagada district of Odisha.
The 5 arrested embody Jagbandhu Jena, Jagbandhu Jena, Ranjan Perisika, Praveen Banasi and Rajesh Banasi and have been charged with stealing forged iron pipes from the mission website and promoting them to scrap corporations.
In line with data, the development of a mega ingesting water tank within the Bisham-Cuttack block’s Kukharbhamuni panchayat has been happening for fairly a while now. The accused stole 354 forged iron pipes scattered on the development website of the mega ingesting water plant.
The developer of the mission lodged two notices with the Bhisam-Cuttack police station on this connection on December 24 and January 4. This led the police to take the thefts critically and begin an investigation.
Through the preliminary investigation, the police grew to become suspicious after they discovered Jagbandhu and Ranjan frequenting the mission website. The police checked the previous data of those two accused and despatched a workforce to Srikakulam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on January 23. The workforce, with the assistance of Andhra Police, raided Sriganesh Personal Restricted Firm and arrested two individuals. Throughout their interrogation in Bisam-Cuttack, police discovered in regards to the racket in stolen pipes. Subsequently, police seized some vans used within the theft of stolen pipes.
In line with sources within the police, the estimated worth of the stolen pipes from the location is about Rs 38 lakh. Bisam-Cuttack SDPO is continuous the probe into the case to hint all these concerned within the crime.
