Latest News | Car Driver of Faridabad MC Official Held for Stealing Electrical Wires

Gurugram, Jul 22 (PTI) A car driver assigned to a Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) official was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a theft of electrical wires, officials said.

The accused has been identified as Niranjan Singh (35), from Agra, Uttar Pradesh. He was arrested at the MCF headquarters in Faridabad.

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According to the police, the matter came to light when a person registered a complaint on July 8 regarding the theft of electrical wires from a construction site in Gurugram Sector 44.

The police said Singh committed the crime on March 6 and used his car, which he had leased out to MCF, to take away the wires.

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The car, which police have seized, is registered in the name of Singh's wife.

Police said that during interrogation, Singh revealed that he was recruited by MCF as a driver under the Haryana Skill Employment Corporation in November 2024.

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