Three women held for stealing Rs 1 lakh copper cables in Palghar

Palghar, Jul 7 (PTI) Police have arrested three women for allegedly stealing copper cables valued at more than Rs 1 lakh from an industrial construction site in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on the intervening night of June 18-19 in the Vasai area, where construction of a power house was underway. The accused allegedly broke open the lock of a container stationed at the site and decamped with multi-strand copper cables valued at Rs 1,08,784, a police release said. Based on a complaint lodged by a site representative, the Naigaon police registered a case for house-breaking and theft. The police then examined footage from nearly 120 CCTV cameras in the area. Acting on the leads, they detained three women, in the age group of 21 to 32 years, from the Bhiwandi area in neighbouring Thane district. During sustained interrogation, the three women allegedly confessed to their involvement in the crime, following which the police recovered the stolen copper wires and other material collectively valued at Rs 1,12,063 and arrested them on Sunday, the release added. PTI COR GK