Unidentified miscreants stole a tyre of a Mirage fighter jet from a truck that was carrying a consignment of military goods that was bound for Jodhpur airbase from Bakshi-Ka-Talab airbase in Lucknow.
The theft took place in the late night hours of November 27 at Shaheed Path in Lucknow, where the truck was on its way to the Jodhpur airbase. The truck driver, Hem Singh Rawat, confirmed that he was carrying the consignment of military goods from the Bakshi-Ka-Talab airbase.
There was a traffic jam on Shaheed Path and, taking advantage of the situation, the miscreants travelling in a Scorpio vehicle, snipped off the strap used to tie the tyre and committed theft. By the time the truck driver came to know about it, the thieves had escaped. He called the police, who arrived at the spot and started investigating.
The truck driver said the thieves committed the theft between 12:30 am to 1 am when there was a jam on Shaheed Path due to which the truck was moving slowly.
DCP East Amit Kumar said that the incident took place on November 27 and an FIR was registered on December 1. He stated that the culprits would be arrested soon and action would be taken against them.
Amit Kumar said that the goods were going to Ajmer from Bakshi-Ka-Talab airbase and police are interrogating suspected people.
“Five wheels of the Mirage 2000 fighter jet were being sent from Lucknow airbase to Ajmer, out of which one tyre is missing. Further investigation is underway,” the DCP East added.
