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He would fake calls on his mobile phone to give the impression that he is a representative of the firm. He would then take away the batteries after breaking the safety locks,” Ghaziabad SSP Vaibhav Krishna said. The gang dismantled stolen e-rickshaws, shuffled parts and re-assembled them to form new vehicles.“Mehraz would visit the tower locations and act as if he is an official of the service provider. The brothers were helped by two accomplices, Sherkhan and Dilshad. GHAZIABAD: Four members of an interstate gang of thieves were arrested late on Saturday with stolen batteries of mobile phone towers and spare parts of e-rickshaws worth Rs 1 crore.The hideout of the gang, which had its network across UP, Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat , was raided on a complaint by Reliance Jio that batteries worth crores were being stolen from its towers.Police said as many as 48 batteries, each containing 24 cells, six e-rickshaws and several spare parts were recovered from the house of the gang’s kingpin, Mehraz, in Nai Basti of Loni.Mehraz used to lead the gang with his younger brother, Arshad, a Class XI dropout who used to maintain a record of stolen goods..