Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: In a major crackdown on power theft, MSEDCL has booked 54 people in four criminal cases in Jalna’s Ambad taluka after detecting the theft of 21,037 electricity units, causing a loss of nearly Rs 4.9 lakh to the utility.
Cases have been registered at Partur police station under section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003, which provides for penalties and imprisonment of up to three years. Stay updated with the latest Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar news.
MSEDCL officials said the anti-theft drive will continue. The raid was led by assistant engineer Laxman Punde under the supervision of executive engineer Vikas Alhat. Download the TOI App.
Such acts could cause electrocution, transformer blasts and blackouts for the entire area, besides harming the interests of consumers who pay their power bills diligently,” said Dnyaneshwar Ardad, public relations officer for MSEDCL’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar zone. “From direct hooks on live wires to brazen meter tampering, the accused had been stealing power using different unethical ways.