A police constable with the DCP Zone-2 staff in Ahmedabad staff was arrested by Vejalpur police in connection with a TMT (Thermo Mechanically Treated) steel bar theft case. Four tonnes of TMT steel bars worth ₹2.5 lakh were seized by the police which have filed a case against five individuals.

The incident came to light when Imran Manapara, a manager at a TMT steel bar company near Sarkhej police station, received information on Saturday night that a batch of their TMT steel bars had been dumped near Aehsan Park, Juhapura. 

Manapara, along with his staff, went to the location and set up surveillance to see who would come to take the consignment. They observed three pickup vans loading the material when a car with a young man arrived. With police assistance, the suspect was detained and identified as Mustafa Khan Malek, a member of the DCP Zone-2 staff, Ahmedabad police.

Upon further interrogation, Malek admitted to purchasing the stolen material from a driver in Kutch by paying ₹2 lakh. Vejalpur police have filed a case and are continuing their investigation.

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