Four suspicious youths held near Belkheda station in Narsinghpur with sacks of pipe pieces

Themi police in Narsinghpur district have detained four youths who were found loitering and sleeping in suspicious circumstances near Belkheda railway station. Pieces of plastic pipe were found with them in sacks.

Local residents who saw the youths informed the police. Dial 112 and Themi police reached the spot soon after receiving the information. Police woke the youths and searched them.

According to police, the youths kept trying to mislead officers by giving false names during questioning. In the initial inquiry, police suspect the men stole irrigation pipes used in farms and sold them. Police said all four are residents of the neighbouring Jabalpur district. One or two of them are feared to be minors.

Themi police station in-charge Prakash Pathak said the youths are being questioned. Further action will be taken once information is obtained about the thefts and where the pipes were brought from. Farmers in the area are worried about incidents of pipe theft.