India, April 11 -- The Laxminagar police arrested four men for allegedly stealing copper wiring from an MRI machine at the Bharat Diagnostic Centre inside Rajiv Gandhi Hospital, leading to a disruption of medical services.

The accused identified Dinesh Bhagwan Salve, 22; Badruzzaman Jihaul Shaikh, 24; Ibrahim Naresh Yadav, 20 and Sachin Suresh Gavli alias Goldya, 36; all residents of Yerwada, were tracked down using technical surveillance and analysis of CCTV footage from the hospital and around 50 nearby locations.

According to the complaint filed by Chetan Mohan Rawal, 38, a resident of Tadiwala Road, the accused cut and pulled out nearly 30 metres of copper wiring connected to the MRI machine, which was partially exposed outside a wa...