Ludhiana, Oct. 1 -- Three men barged into a defunct factory in Phase 8, Focal Point, in the early hours of Wednesday to steal copper pipes but were overpowered by a few labourers who were passing by the road. The suspects were later handed over to the police.

The arrested persons have been identified as Sonu Kumar of Mundian Kalan, Bunty of Mundian Khurd and Sunny Kumar of Sherpur. The Focal Point police have registered an FIR against them under Sections 331(4) (house trespass) and 305 (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on the complaint of factory owner Harish Kumar, a resident of Sector 39.

According to the complaint, the three men entered the factory premises in the wee hours of September 30 and began removing copper pipes f...