Theft case for stealing 93 bundles of electric cables worth Rs 6 lakh

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A 41-year-old man was arrested by the Kengeri Police for allegedly stealing 93 bundles of electric cables worth Rs 6 lakh from an under-construction building here.

The police identified the accused as Mayakannan, a native of Tamil Nadu. The matter came to light when the workers at the building found the cables missing on September 26th morning and alerted the owner of the building.

A complaint was filed at the jurisdictional police regarding the theft. Probing the case, the police traced and nabbed the accused from Bidadi industrial estate around 25 kilometers away from Bengaluru, and post investigation, cops found out two theft cases had already been filed against Mayakannan.

The accused had been observing the workers at the building and took advantage of their absence in the night and stole the cables. Following an interrogation, the police recovered the bundle of cables.