PUNE: The Wakad police have arrested two men on the charge of stealing batteries from cellphone towers and recovered 96 stolen batteries worth over Rs3.5 lakh from a scrap vendor.
Mugalikar told TOI that the arrested duo included a former and a present employee of a private company maintaining different cellphone towers. A Wakad police team led by senior inspector Vivek Mugalikar, arrested the former employee Uday Kale (30) of Shirur and Rahul Balghare (28) of Sangvi, who is working as the technician with the firm.
He said constable Kaunteya Khade carried out the technical issues of the phone numbers of the employees, who had left the company. “We got the information about Kale and took him into custody,” Mugalikar said.
During questioning, Kale admitted of stealing the batteries with the help of the company’s technician, Balghare, who was taken into custody on Saturday. “The…
Two held on charge of stealing batteries from phone towers | Pune News
