Mar 25, 2025 08:40 AM IST
On Monday, police arrested six males, together with the one ‘mastermind’ Ranjeet Awasthi, from close to Raitha Underpass in BKT
In an incident that may nicely encourage a Bollywood flick, a number of males masquerading as excise officers stole an ethanol-laden truck underneath the pretense of seizing it, within the Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) space of Lucknow.
The recovered truck
The incident happened within the early hours of Saturday. On Monday, police arrested six males, together with the one ‘mastermind’ Ranjeet Awasthi, from close to Raitha Underpass in BKT.
Based on police, the accused pulled up earlier than the truck in two vehicles.
A GPS tracker put in within the truck helped police hint it and make them the culprits. “Police have recovered the stolen truck, about 2,290 litres of ethanol that were taken out from it, an illegal 12 bore pistol and two live cartridges. The cost of recovered items is around ₹80 lakh,” mentioned the deputy commissioner of police (North), including that two vehicles have been additionally recovered utilizing each of it they arrived on the scene and used different to grab the ethanol.
Other than Awasthi, 42, others arrested within the case have been recognized as Ramji Awasthi, 19, Monu Singh, 30, Mukund Shukla, 35, Abhay Singh, 30 and Ajit Yadav,18.
Based on police, the driving force of the truck, Arif Ali, in some way fled the spot after the truck was stolen. He went to BKT police station round 1 am to lodge a grievance.
Based on Dr. Amol Murkut, the assistant commissioner of police, BKT mentioned Ranjeet, a driver by career who had misplaced his job a number of months in the past, had deliberate the incident.