Days of surveillance, groundwork in densely populated areas of Northeast Delhi believed to be secure havens for criminals and 16 raids in per week helped police bust an interstate racket concerned in stealing gear from telecom towers, officers stated on Monday. Three males have been arrested over the thefts.
The operation resulted within the restoration of 12 distant radio items (RRUs) price Rs 48 lakh, specialised instruments and software program, and a bulk amount of telecom scrap, police stated. The accused have been recognized as Samiruddin, Mohammad Zaheem, Zaid, and Mohammad Sultan. “Theft of such items can severely disrupt telecom networks, together with emergency companies resembling police and ambulance,” a senior police officer stated.
One of many accused, Mohammad Zaheem, was beforehand concerned in a case registered underneath severe sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and the Arms Act.
“The workforce camped for a number of days in densely populated and communally delicate areas of Northeast Delhi, together with Seelampur, Welcome, and Gonda, identified for his or her slender lanes, robust native resistance, and logistical challenges. These localities are sometimes used as secure havens by organised criminals. Even figuring out the suspects was an enormous activity attributable to frequent modifications in hideouts, coded communications, and stolen property being moved in disguised varieties,” stated DCP Crime Department Vikram Singh.
“Regardless of the danger of unrest and operational threats, the Crime Department workforce carried out a number of stakeouts, mixing into the neighbourhood to assemble actionable intelligence,” he added.
Eight theft circumstances from Delhi have been cracked to date, stated police. The investigation is ongoing in different states.
The crackdown is a part of continued efforts that beforehand resulted within the restoration of over 500 RRUs and baseband items price almost Rs 10 crore, stated officers.
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Authorities are actually verifying the recovered gear with telecom nodal officers, conducting forensic examinations of the seized instruments, and dealing to determine extra gang members and potential interstate and worldwide hyperlinks to the racket.
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