Jagran correspondent, Kanpur. If the police and LIU had shown activeness at the same time in the rumor of doing recce by drone four months ago, the thieves caught on Thursday would have been caught at the same time, but the police had hushed up the matter by advising people not to spread rumors in the name of investigation. However, now the police is investigating this.
DCP West's crime team and Bithoor police station had arrested Mukesh Rajput, resident of Azad Nagar, Mainpuri, his brother Akash Rajput alias Dhilla, aunt's son Manoj Kumar alias Suraj near the flour factory of Bithoor late on Thursday night. All three were roaming in a Skoda car with the intention of stealing. Theft tools, gas cutter and drone were recovered from the car.
During interrogation, the thieves told that they do recce of houses and rooftops before using drones. After this they steal. After this incident, the police remembered the drone flying incident in September 2025, but the thieves did not confess to it.
At the same time, police investigation revealed that the thieves had bought 11 bighas of land in Mainpuri, two plots in Shekhupur of Kanpur Dehat for about Rs 70 lakh and a house outside the village. There was arrangement for lighting the house with solar lights. All of them were illiterate, but with the technology of flying drones and doing recce, no one is able to believe that they were illiterate.
However, some policemen are also believing that it is possible that the same gang may be committing thefts even at that time after doing recce with drones. People had also made a video after seeing the drone. The rumor was spread not only in the city but also in many surrounding districts.
Rumors of drone flying here
In September 2025, there was a rumor of drone flying in Hirni, Pasema, Bara Targaon of Ghatampur, Nagelinpur, Harchandapur, Jagdishpur, Jahangirabad and Bhadwara and Gujela villages of Sajeti police station area, on which hundreds of villagers came out of their houses and started keeping vigil.
At the same time, the rumor of drone flying was also spread in Hatherua, Pali, Sawayajpur, Puranpur villages of Narwal and Sarsaul, Ramnagar, Kamalpur, Umravkheda, Baragaon, Bhewali villages of Maharajpur.
The connection of these thieves with the rumor of a drone flying four months ago will be investigated. However, nothing like this has been found yet. - SM Qasim Abidi
The local police and the zone police were investigating the rumor of drone flying. LIU was not investigating it. - Mahesh Kumar, ADCP LIU
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