Security guards arrested for stealing construction material

Three others 8212; Banarasi Dass, Udesh, security guards and Satpal Singh driver 8212; are absconding, said police.

All the accused were employed with Paramount Security, Manpower and Allied Services, which has its office in Sector 35.

Santosh Kumar, the construction supervisor, paid a surprise visit to the site early on Sunday morning. He caught the security guards red-handed loading construction material into a mini-truck PB-65-A-5498. He immediately informed the police.

Station House Officer of the Sector-36 police station, Anokh Singh, said: 8220;Raj Kumar and Jaspal Singh were employed with the company for over a year.8221;

The truck used in the theft has been impounded and seven girders, five channels, some plates and iron rods have been recovered.

A case under Sections 379, 411 and 34 of the IPC has been registered by the police on a complaint lodged by Santosh Kumar.