Stealing copper pipes from solar panels case

Mysuru: Narasimharaja (NR) Police have arrested two persons of a gang on charges of stealing copper pipes of solar panels and have launched a hunt to nab their accomplice, who is absconding.

Those arrested are 20-year-old Tousif, a welder by profession and a resident of Rajivnagar and 23-year-old Fazil, a resident of AJ Block in city. The Police have launched a hunt to nab Ali, who is absconding. Accused Tousif is a habitual offender and has burglary cases registered against him in Mysuru city and Ramanagara.

It may be recalled that on Sept. 14 at about 10.23 am, miscreants who climbed on the terrace of the house belonging to S.M. Arafat through the neighbouring building in Bannimantap ‘C’ Layout, broke the hot water solar panel and separated the copper pipes in the panel.

As water began to flow, Arafat’s mother alerted her grandson. When he went to the terrace, the miscreants left the copper pipes behind and fled from the spot.

When the house owner checked the footage of the CCTV camera installed on the terrace, he saw the miscreants jumping on the terrace of his house from the adjacent building. The CCTV had captured the face of one of the miscreants, who had come to steal the copper pipes.

Arafat, who had lodged a complaint with N.R. Police, had also handed over the CCTV footage of the miscreants to the Police following which a Police team led by Inspector Raju was formed. The Police team picked up the two accused near the Outer Ring Road yesterday.