UP: 3 held for stealing teak trees from fields in Sant Kabir Nagar

SANT KABIR NAGAR (UP): (Mar 23) Police have busted a case involving the theft of teak trees from agricultural fields and arrested three persons in this connection, an official said on Sunday.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sushil Kumar Singh said the accused have been identified as Krishna Mohan of Deoria district and Ghyanshyam Prajapati and Jitendra Paswan, both residents of Gorakhpur district.

The case came to light after Abdul Alim, from Ganserpar village in the Khalilabad Kotwali, lodged a complaint on March 19 alleging that three teak trees had been stolen from his field and that of his neighbour Samsudeen on the night of March 10-11, police said.