The accused have been identified as Harwinder Singh, a resident of Ambala, Samar Singh alias Sammi and scrap dealer Pardeep Kumar of Mohali.
Police had received a complaint that some persons stole 22 batteries from inside the shelter of the tower of Airtel on the rooftop of a house in Dhanas village in the city.
Acting on a tip off, the police arrested accused Harwinder Singh from village Dhanas and recovered five stolen batteries from him.
During investigation it was revealed that the accused Harwinder Singh is a singer by profession and used to take drugs.
Both the accused used to steal costly equipment and dispose of the same to the scrap dealers at very low prices.
The modus operandi of these accused Harwinder and Samer Singh was that they committed the crime by projecting themselves as electrical technicians hired by the company, police said.