Chandigarh: Two men were caught allegedly stealing BSNL underground copper cables in Sector 16 and handed over to Sector 17 police, who arrested them and registered a case. The accused, Ajay Kumar and Ravinder, both residents of Faidan village, were found inside a BSNL underground pipeline near Shantikunj during an inspection by BSNL officials.Police recovered a saw blade used to cut cables and seized the auto-rickshaw allegedly used in the theft. Investigators are probing their possible involvement in earlier cable thefts in the city, including incidents reported in Sectors 9 and 17. BSNL officials said recurring copper cable thefts have disrupted telecom services and caused losses worth lakhs of rupees. TNN
