India, Feb. 11 -- Three men have been arrested for allegedly stealing expensive electronics worth Rs.40 lakh from multiplehouses in an under-construction society in Sector 88 last week, police said Tuesday. The houses are currently not occupied and the builder was getting new electronics installed in the apartments at the time of the burglary.

According to police, the arrested accused are Sane Alam of Mahewa in Madhya Pradesh, Mohammad Sharique from Mandanpur in Uttar Pradesh -- both 19-year-old and working as scrap dealers -- and 22-year-old Tara Chand from Uttar Pradesh's Badaun and a pickup van driver.

Two more suspects -- security guards of the society -- were also involved in hatching the plan and are currently on the run. The thre...