West Bengal to UP, this gang stole mobile tower parts; six arrested

GHAZIABAD: A BTech graduate working at a mobile tower maintenance firm, a former bouncer, a Delhi-based businessman and three scrap dealers, all part of a gang specialised in stealing remote radio units (RRUs), batteries and other equipment from the telecom towers, were arrested from Ghaziabad on Friday for committing more than hundred thefts in UP, Maharashtra, Bengal, Bihar, MP, and Delhi-NCR.

Police recovered highly expensive RRUs — trans-receivers that transmit and receive mobile signals and cost over Rs 6 lakh per unit— and other devices worth Rs 4 crore from their possession.