Four of gang held for stealing BSNL cables in Chandigarh

Almost a week after 16 quintals of underground BSNL cables were stolen from Sectors 4 and 10, the police arrested four persons for the theft on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Manjoor Alam Haq, 46 of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar residents Shajid, 29, Toshiq, 21, and Tahmid, are part of a gang involved in stealing underground cables using rented JCB machines and impersonation, police said.

They were arrested by the police from Ghaziabad and brought to Chandigarh. The accused were on Wednesday produced before the court and remanded to six-day police custody.