Delhi Police’s metro unit on Wednesday announced the arrest of a gang of four members involved in the theft of overhead cables on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line. The metro suffered losses worth crores because of the cable theft of such a high volume, the police said. “We had received a complaint from DMRC on March 7 of theft of overhead cables between January 23 and March 5, this year, from the Kalindi Kunj depot,” Pankaj Kumar Singh, deputy commissioner of police (Metro), said. The overhead cables are in high demand in the market because of the high quality of metal used to make them. Other stretches where such thefts have been reported are Okhla Vihar to Jasola Vihar, Jasola Vihar to Kalindi Kunj, and Okhla Vihar to Jamia Nagar.

Source: Hindustan Times March 28, 2018 18:11 UTC