Seven teenage boys were arrested for allegedly stealing expensive mobile phones from a shop at Jadugora, about 25 km from here, police said today.
All the teenagers, schools students in the age group of 14 to 16, were involved in stealing of high-value mobile sets and chargers worth Rs 1.50 lakh recently, Additional Superintendent of Police (Ops) Shailendra Kumar Burnwal said.
On complaints about increasing number of burglary in the area where the mobile shop is located, police had launched an operation and the seven boys were caught last night, he said.
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The stolen mobiles phones and charges were recoverd from them, who were wards of the employees of public sector Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL).
All the seven boys were forwarded to a Remand Home in Ghaghidih here today.
