Team Goemkarponn
Aldona: Four people have been arrested by the Mapusa Police for allegedly stealing electrical wires, and two trucks loaded with underground cable worth lakhs of rupees have been seized.
The defendants are Firoz Abdul Rahim Khan (19) from Nasik, Maharashtra; Saif Ali Khan (18) from Mushirwado, Colvale; Ramu Nandu Soni (21), from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh; and Mohammad Rehan Ali (19), who was born in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, and is currently residing in Chandwado, Margao.
According to police, the accused were apprehended while attempting to steal numerous advanced subterranean cables that the Electricity Department was installing.
A violation of BNS, 2023, sections 303 (2), 324 (3), and 324 (5) R/w 3 (5).
“We are placing extra emphasis on nighttime patrolling,” stated Mapusa Police in the meanwhile. We have expanded our nighttime staff deployment per the Chief Minister’s and senior officers’ directives. This accomplishment serves as an illustration of the staff’s recent efforts.
We had been informed that some criminals were involved in the theft of electrical cables. We then set up a trap and were able to apprehend them. To find out how they utilized to dispose of this property and who benefited from it, interrogations are still ongoing, the police stated.
