Meerut. The pickup of the miscreants who were running away after looting the electricity wire worth Rs. 3.5 lakh from the Energy Corporation overturned in the forest of JE village of Bhawanpur police station area. When chased by Bhavanpur and Parikshitgarh police, the miscreants drove the pickup at high speed in the fog.
Four miscreants got buried under the electrical wires crammed in the pickup. Police rescued three safely, while one died. The young man driving the pickup ran away as soon as he saw the police. The arrested criminals are residents of Gajraula, who carry out incidents of wire theft in the districts of West UP.
For the construction of the high tension line going from Khurja to Shamli, the Energy Corporation has built a store in the forest of JE village of Bhawanpur, in which electrical wires and other equipment are kept. A watchman has been appointed for the security of the store at night.
Robbery by taking the watchman hostage
On Tuesday night, high tension line work was going on as usual. At around 1 o’clock in the night, five miscreants came in a pickup. The miscreants first took the watchman hostage inside the store. After that, bundles of wires started filling the pickup. Meanwhile, from inside the store, the watchman informed supervisor Keshav Kumar about the matter on mobile.
He was present at the site at that time. Then the supervisor reached Bhawanpur police station by bike and informed the police about the matter at 1:20 pm, by the time Bhawanpur police reached the spot. By then the miscreants had loaded bundles of wires worth Rs 3.5 lakh in the pickup and drove away.
police jeep was chasing
The miscreants were chased by the police jeep. Bhavanpur police also ordered Parikshitgarh police to comb the road. Due to heavy fog, the pickup passed in front of the police. After that, the police of both Bhavanpur and Parikshitgarh police stations together chased the pickup of the miscreants.
Due to fog, the police stopped after chasing till Kithore border. Meanwhile, the cyclist coming from the front told that a pickup full of wires has overturned in Rajwaha on the bridge of Ranch located on Kithore-Mawana Road. Then police from both the police stations reached the spot. Four miscreants were buried under the bundle of wires kept in the pickup. One of his friends was trying to get him out.
The fifth companion ran away as soon as he saw the lights of the police jeep. Police straightened the pickup from the jeep and took out the miscreants Arif son of Mustakim, Shaukeen son of Maumin, Bilal son of Shaukeen and Tasleem son of Mustakim resident of Shahbazpur Gajraula. Tasleem and Shokin were injured and taken to CHC, where Tasleem was declared brought dead. Shaukeen was given medical treatment. After that the police brought Bilal and Arif to Kithore police station. The pickup and the looted wire were also recovered.
The scoundrels are from the same family, Shokin’s son Nurmo ran away
Shokin is originally a resident of Gajraula, who recently lives in Kayastha Baddha. All the criminals caught belong to the same family. The pickup and the looted wire recovered from their possession have been taken into custody by Bhawanpur police. Guns and cartridges have also been recovered from the miscreants.
They were committing wire theft incidents for the past several days. The pickup recovered from their possession was also stolen. Bhawanpur police is nabbing the absconding lover’s son. Also, Tasleem’s body has been handed over to his relatives after post-mortem.
A case of wire robbery has been registered on behalf of the supervisor. Police have registered an FIR regarding the accident and arrested the miscreants and recovered the goods.