The three arrested suspects had been introduced in court docket right now and have been despatched to jail.
A transformer theft in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur took an sudden flip when one of many thieves got here involved with a dwell wire and bought injured. The person, nonetheless alive however in crucial situation, was then thrown into the Ganga river by his 4 accomplices.
The incident occurred in Kanpur’s Colonelganj space. Himanshu, 22, labored as a scrap seller and was additionally a member of a gang that steals transformers. He was earlier arrested and jailed in a transformer theft case.
On October 26, Himanshu, together with 4 others- Shan Ali, Aslam, Vishal, and Ravi – determined to steal a transformer from Kanpur’s Gurudev Palace intersection. Nevertheless, in the course of the theft, Himanshu got here involved with a dwell wire and suffered an electrical shock. This panicked the 4 different thieves who then tied his legs and palms and threw him off the Shuklaganj bridge into the Ganga river whereas he was nonetheless alive.
When Himanshu didn’t return residence, his mom, Manju Devi, filed a lacking report at Gwaltoli police station on October 31, resulting in the arrest of Shan Ali, Aslam, and Vishal.
Throughout interrogation, the suspects confessed to throwing Himanshu into Ganga after he suffered an electrical shock in the course of the theft bid. To verify the suspects’ statements, the police investigated the transformer theft web site the place all 4 suspects had been seen loading Himanshu into an auto. The investigation confirmed the route in direction of Shuklaganj, from the place Himanshu was thrown off into Ganga. Groups have been deployed to search for his physique.
The three arrested suspects had been introduced in court docket right now and have been despatched to jail.
With inputs from Arun Agarwal.
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