LUCKNOW, March 25 -- In an incident that can well inspire a Bollywood flick, several men masquerading as excise officials stole an ethanol-laden truck under the pretense of seizing it, in the Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) area of Lucknow.

The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday. On Monday, police arrested six men, including the one 'mastermind' Ranjeet Awasthi, from near Raitha Underpass in BKT.

According to police, the accused pulled up before the truck in two cars.

A GPS tracker installed in the truck helped police trace it and lead them to the culprits. "Police have recovered the stolen truck, about 2,290 litres of ethanol that were taken out from it, an illegal 12 bore pistol and two live cartridges. The cost of recovered it...