5 held for Coastal Road cable theft
MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- A night-time theft that left several Coastal Road streetlights near National Sports Club of India (NSCI) without power has been solved with the arrest of five people, including a minor, Tardeo police said. The accused allegedly stole live copper cables from the Worli stretch and sold them to a scrap dealer, who police are now trying to trace.
The arrested accused have been identified as Hussain Kadir Shaikh alias Choko, 39, Nur Mohammad Amir Khan, 19, Aman Bilal Shaikh, 22 and Jakir Shaikh, 19. The minor was taken into custody and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board. The accused are fishermen from Worli who sleep on the jetty and allegedly stole the cables at night.
The theft was noticed during a patrol on Wednesday night when employees of Top Turbo Engineers Pvt Ltd, which maintains the Coastal Road, found several streetlights near the NSCI in Worli turned off. Police then examined CCTV footage and found that the suspects had previous criminal records and used information from their earlier cases to trace them. The accused had sold the stolen copper cable to a scrap dealer. Efforts are underway to identify and trace the dealer and recover the cable....
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