ROHTAK, Oct. 17 -- Jhajjar police have booked four people for allegedly burning plastic waste, PVC wires and other material in an open field near the Delhi-Rohtak highway in the Mandothi village of Jhajjar district, officials said on Friday. The action was taken on the complaint of regional officer of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board Dr Sunil Sheoran.

The four people named in the FIR have been identified as Bhupesh alias Bhola, Nanhe, Ankit and Waseem. Police said the material and vehicles found at the site were taken into possession after the fire was extinguished and the premises were inspected.

According to police, a team was patrolling around the Mandothi area in the early hours of October 16 when it received information th...