Police on Saturday arrested three individuals, together with a juvenile, for stealing batteries of four-wheelers parked outdoors homes throughout Chandigarh.

A complete of 5 batteries had been recovered from the possession of the accused, recognized as Sukhwinder Singh, 30, of Khuda Ali Sher; Pawan Kumar, 37, of Nayagaon, Mohali, and a 16-year-old juvenile.

Pawan, a neighborhood scrap seller, used to buy the stolen batteries from the accused, stated police.

Police had earlier booked unknown individuals for stealing automobile batteries following the complaints of Ravinder Singh, of Sector 18 and his neighbor Bhavya Gupta.

The officers stated the accused had stolen two batteries of two college buses belonging to Ravinder Singh and a battery of a Mahindra Supro automobile of Gupta, parked outdoors their respective homes.

Initially, the police recovered the three batteries after which two different batteries from the custody of the accused.

DSP Palak Goel stated the accused had been drug addicts. They are going through a case beneath Sections 379 (theft) and 411 (receiving stolen property) of the Indian Penal Code.