Four booked for copper theft from Sikka power plant

Rajkot: Four including an engineer were booked on Wednesday for the alleged copper theft from a state government-run power plant in Sikka of Jamnagar district.

Police said the accused, Viral Visrolia, junior engineer serving with the plant of Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited, Arwind Odedara, Vikram Vaghela and Prakash Katara, had allegedly stolen 132 kg copper worth Rs 53,000 from the factory.

“The accused had hidden the copper pieces in a tanker. The Central Industrial Security Force personnel deployed at entry and exit points of the factory detected the theft and informed the factory authorities,” said K R Sisodiya, sub-inspector with Sikka police station.

The tanker driver revealed the names of the accused who were booked on the complaint of Nilesh Parmar, an official at the plant.