India, Aug. 11 -- Noida The Noida Police busted an inter-state gang involved in stealing valuable equipment from mobile towers across the national capital region (NCR) and other states as it arrested eight alleged members of the gang during a late-night operation on August 9 and 10, said officers on Sunday.

The arrests followed a brief exchange of fire near the service road close to the Bakhtawarpur underpass in Noida's Sector 97, opposite Mayoor School foot overbridge, that left two of suspects injured, they added.

Police identified the suspects as Abid, 45; Farooq, 35; Faizan, 27; Mohammad Kaif, 21; Mumtaz, 26; Mohammad Moin, 26; Istkhar, 35; and Ayan, 20; all from different parts of Uttar Pradesh and most of them residing in Tronica ...