Rohtak, Aug. 3 -- Hisar police's special task force (STF) on Saturday arrested two absconding members of a gang for carrying out theft of nickel plates worth Rs.3.92 crore from the logistic park in Kanpur on March 16.

The accused have been identified as Sonu, a resident of Bass village in Hisar and Manjeet Kumar of Bhaini Maharajpur village in Rohtak. The accused were the masterminds behind the thefts and carried a bounty of Rs.50,000 each on their heads.

Hisar STF in-charge Anoop Singh said that the Kanpur police had earlier arrested five members of the gang and seized 301 kilogrammes of stolen nickel plates in March this year and Rs.6 lakhs in cash along with a Tata Canter and Honda Amaze vehicle.

"The accused had disposed of stolen ...