Three arrested for stealing electrical transformers in Palghar

Police in Maharashtrarsquos Palghar district have arrested three individuals for their alleged involvement in the theft of electrical transformers successfully dismantling a gang engaged in such crimes an official confirmed on FridayAccording to PTI reports the arrested accused have been identified as Obedulla Alam Tajmmul Hussain Khan 26 Anil Ambika Yadav 22 and Jaysingh Kishorilal Chavan 36 The police have recovered four stolen electrical transformers approximately 620 kilograms of copper and 20 litres of transformer oil from their possessionSenior Inspector Samir Ahirrao of Crime UnitII of MiraBhayandar VasaiVirar Police stated that the gang was apprehended following an investigation into a transformer theft that occurred on February 12 in the district As per PTI further inquiries revealed that Yadav and Chavan had multiple cases registered against them for similar offencesThe theft of electrical transformers poses a significant threat to public infrastructure disrupting power supply and causing inconvenience to residents and businesses The stolen copper and transformer oil are often sold in the black market making such crimes financially lucrative for criminalsThane police launch probe as transformer equipment of Rs 468 lakh stolenUnidentified persons have allegedly stolen oil andcopper wiresvalued at Rs 468 lakh from the transformer of a power company in Thane district of Maharashtra police said on Monday reported news agency PTIThe incident took place at the electrical transformer installed at Kharvai inBadlapurarea on the intervening night of January 22 and 23 an official saidThe official said based on a complaint by a representative of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company MSEDCL an FIR was registered on Saturday against unidentified persons under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 303 2 theftThane accident 10 going for wedding function injured as bus overturnsThe police on Monday said that the ten persons were injured when a private minibus they were travelling in overturned on the MumbaiNashik route in Maharashtras Thane district reported news agency PTIThe accident took place at the Kasara Ghat at around 9 am on Sunday when nearly 20 persons were heading in the bus from Cuffe Parade in neighbouring Mumbai to Sinnar in Nashik for a marriage function the police officials said while sharing an update on the Thane accident reported PTIThe bus driver lost control over the wheels at Chintamanwadi turning As a result the vehicle overturned Kasara police stations inspector Suresh Gavit said while sharing an update on theThane accident reported PTITen persons suffered injuries and they were admitted to private hospitals in Shahapur and other neighbouring towns Four of them who were in serious condition were shifted to the governmentrun JJ Hospital in Mumbai for further treatment he saidThane accident Chemicalladen trailer hits road divider traffic hitThe officials said that a trailer truck carrying chemicals hit a road divider on a busy road in Maharashtras Thane city on Monday morning affecting vehicular movement for more than two hours reported news agency PTINo casualty was reported in the incident the officials said while sharing an update on the Thane accident reported PTIThe trailer on the way from Belagavi in Karnataka towards Morbi in Gujarat when it hit the road divider near Waghbil bridge on Ghodbunder Road inThaneat 745 am Thane Municipal Corporations disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said while sharing an update on the Thane accident reported PTIThe engine oil tank of the vehicle got damaged following the Thane accident and the oil leaked from it on the roadWith inputs from PTI