Mysuru, Oct. 8 -- * Batteries, fuel and spare parts stolen from overnight parked heavy vehicles

* 20-25 theft cases every month, says Association; seeks Police intervention

Close on the heels of miscreants stealing batteries from a KSRTC bus parked near Ambedkar Bhavan, close to Devaraja Traffic Police Station recently, the Earth Movers Association Mysore has raised concerns over an alleged increase in thefts targeting heavy vehicles parked along roads and at construction sites.

Addressing a press conference at Patrakarthara Bhavan this morning, Association members said batteries, fuel and spare parts were being stolen from earth movers, bulldozers, excavators, backhoes, dozers and cranes, used to dig, push and transport soil, stones a...