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Altogether eight persons including a sub-divisional officer (SDO) of water resources department and a block-level leader of the RJD, have been arrested in connection with the famous case of theft of a 60-feet long iron-framed bridge from near amiyawar village in Bihar’s Rohtas district.

Eight persons, including an assistant engineer (AE) of water resources department of Nasariganj, were arrested on Sunday in connection with the infamous theft of a 60-foot-long iron bridge in Rohtas district earlier this week.

The heist at amiyawar village, about 40km from Sasaram, has become the talking point in the area. Like “kitchen cockroaches”, thieves were chipping away at the 500-tonne steelwork ever since a parallel concrete bridge was opened five years ago, locals said. But they never thought the entire structure would disappear one night.