Rohtak, Nov. 5 -- Police have booked five people for allegedly burning electrical and PVC wires in agricultural fields in Mandauthi village near Bahadurgarh to extract copper, causing air pollution.

According to the police, a team led by ASI Rajesh Kumar spotted wires and plastic material being burnt in the fields near the Mandauthi canal during night patrolling on the road towards Delhi-Rohtak on Tuesday night.

During the operation, police seized 93 bundles of cut PVC wires, seven bundles of cut electrical wires and around 101 kg of material related to copper scrap. The seized material is estimated to be worth approximately Rs.2 lakh.

The police said that the FIR was registered at Asauda police station around 7am on Wednesday against ...