3 arrested for oxygen pipe theft at MCH

Kolkata: Three persons were arrested on Monday for stealing around 800m oxygen copper pipe from the premises of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital. The accused, Sk Rabiul Islam, Nazim Sk and Nazir Sk Rabiul, had cut the copper pipe and while escaping from there, they had been caught red-handed. Though the arrests were made on Monday, the theft was committed on Sunday night, according to the police.
Of the three, Rabiul was a local living at Kalabagan near College Street and he had teamed up with the two others from Jeevantala in Canning to carry out the theft. The price of the pipe has been pegged at Rs 2 lakh in the open market. Cops are interrogating the accused to find whom they were to sell it off. Sources said one of the accused had a history of committing theft in government quarters and buildings. Cops said they had received a complaint from the medical superintendent about the theft.