Imphal: Manipur Police arrested 15 persons and confiscated five vehicles on the charge of breaking down a 1.50 km long brick wall constructed at the cost of around 2.65 crore along the perimeter of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Lamphelat in Imphal West district.
A team from the Lamphel police station has arrested individuals from different locations in Lamphel areas in the Imphal West district.
Four vehicles — three mini Tata trucks and two auto-rickshaws engaged for transportation of the disassembled bricks and other construction materials were also recovered.
The police have taken prompt action after the NIT Director complained to Lamphel Police Station.
Dr. Khumanthem Manglem Singh, the Director, said that unknown miscreants broke into the campus fencing and stole bricks and other construction materials.
The theft was discovered on May 21 and a report has been submitted to the Ministry of Education.
The arrests were made on Wednesday, the police said, adding that they were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate court, Imphal West, and remanded into 15-day judicial custody.
The vehicles were impounded at the Lamphel police station for further legal formalities.