MUKKAM: Mukkam police have arrested six persons who stole a JCB kept in the station premises. The JCB was earlier taken into custody in the incident in which a person named Sudheesh was killed in a collision between a bike and the JCB at Puthiyanidam on September 19 night.

The uninsured JCB was taken away from the station premises in the wee hours of Tuesday and replaced by another JCB. The police saw the accused while they were escaping in a car. In the subsequent investigation conducted by tracing the number of the car, the JCB was recovered from the house of the relative of the JCB owner relative's house. Following this, the police arrested the accused, including the owner's son.

The arrested people are Martin (32), Jayesh (32), Rajeesh Mathew (39), Neerpalli Raj (35), Mohanraja (40) and Dileep Kumar (49).