Two persons were arrested in Mandoli area of East Delhi for allegedly trying to steal a power transformer of BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL).
Disguised as company employees, they dismantled 100 KVA device, weighing 700 kg and loaded it on a truck by using a heavy duty crane, BYPL officials said.
The two thieves had parked the truck at a distance and were planning their next move when they were caught by officials with the help of locals.
The two were later arrested by the police, the discom officials said.
The two had planned the robbery to the minutest details even as drivers of the two vehicles, truck and crane, had no clue that they were part of a theft. They had brought along a heavy duty crane and a truck to carry the transformer, said the discom officials.
Despite the two accused posing confidently as discom officials, local BYPL staffers found something amiss and alerted the head office.
As no such approval to remove the transformer in the area had been given, a team of senior BYPL officials rushed to the spot.
But by this time, the duo had succeeded in dismantling and moving the transformer.