PRAYAGRAJ: A year after a 60-foot-long iron bridge was stolen in Bihar, a 50-metre-high mobile tower weighing over 10 tonnes was stolen at Ujjaini village in Uttar Pradesh‘s Kaushambi district.
Curiously, while a technician reported the matter to police only on Wednesday, November 29, his complaint states that the tower was found missing on March 31. Police lodged an FIR – under IPC’s Section 379 (theft) – based on his complaint.Not just the tower, but a shelter, electrical fitting, and other equipment – all part of the mobile tower assembly – worth over Rs 8.5 lakh, were gone, the technician stated in the complaint.
The incident kept police on their toes the whole of Thursday, as a team from Sandipan Ghat police station inspected the site and recorded statements of the landowner and locals. The technician, one Rajesh Kumar Yadav stated in his complaint that his company installed a tower in the field of one Ubid Ullah, at Ujjaini village in Kaushambi district, in January this year.
Yadav said when he visited the spot for inspection on March 31, 2023, the entire tower, along with other paraphernalia, was gone without a trace.
Curiously, while a technician reported the matter to police only on Wednesday, November 29, his complaint states that the tower was found missing on March 31. Police lodged an FIR – under IPC’s Section 379 (theft) – based on his complaint.Not just the tower, but a shelter, electrical fitting, and other equipment – all part of the mobile tower assembly – worth over Rs 8.5 lakh, were gone, the technician stated in the complaint.
The incident kept police on their toes the whole of Thursday, as a team from Sandipan Ghat police station inspected the site and recorded statements of the landowner and locals. The technician, one Rajesh Kumar Yadav stated in his complaint that his company installed a tower in the field of one Ubid Ullah, at Ujjaini village in Kaushambi district, in January this year.
Yadav said when he visited the spot for inspection on March 31, 2023, the entire tower, along with other paraphernalia, was gone without a trace.
