Navi Mumbai: Three accused have been arrested by the local crime branch unit of Raigad police for allegedly stealing batteries installed at mobile towers. Two separate offences have been registered with the Khalapur police. The police have seized a tempo worth Rs 7 lakh used for transportation of the batteries. Two of the accused are from Ulhasanagar while the third is a local.The mobile towers are located in Ghodivli and Khalapur whereas the batteries are kept at ground level to supply power uninterruptedly in case of outage. Out of the 41 batteries stolen, 38 were at the Ghodivli tower location and three at Khalapur. The theft incidents were reported between Feb 9 and Feb 12 this year.The mobile tower companies had lodged theft cases. The 38 batteries were worth Rs 24,700.
