An official of the Bihar Water Resources Department and seven others were arrested on Sunday in a theft case of a 60-foot-long iron bridge in Rohtas district.
Police said, an assistant engineer of the Water Resources Department posted at Nasriganj, Radhe Shyam Singh, and seven others were arrested in connection with the bridge theft at Amiyawar village under Nasriganj police station of Rohtas district.
The 500-tonne iron bridge, built in 1976 located at Amiyawar village, some 40 km away from district headquarter Sasaram, was stolen on April 5 by thieves who posed themselves as department officials and used heavy machinery like JCB machines, pick-up vans, cylinders and gas cutters to dismantle the bridge and take it away.
