Four men who were frequently involved in stealing soil from a road construction site in the Mundka area were arrested Wednesday. Police identified the accused as Parhlad, 50, owner of the JCB and tractor used for the theft, Sabir, 35, the JCB driver, and Naresh, 26, and Raju, 20, who drove the tractor.
Mundka police said that they received a call Wednesday about some strangers taking away construction material for a road in the Mundka Industrial Area. When the police reached the spot, Devender Pratap Singh, the engineer at the road construction site, told them that soil theft from the site had been going on for a few days. The company had then deployed patrolling staff and security to stop the thefts.