Cable TV operator held for power theft

A person from Santhoshnagar was apprehended and remanded to judicial custody here on 28 December, on the allegations of indulging in power theft.

Vigilance and Anti-Power Theft Squad (APTF) of the APCPDCL’s South Circle slapped a case against cable TV operator Arif Ali Khan from Edi Bazar area on November 27, allegedly for tampering the electricity meter for a second time in the same month. The first instance of theft was discovered on November 16 and a case was booked against him under the Electricity Act, but his offence was compounded after payment of Rs.7, 000, a press release informed. As the second offence is not compoundable under law, he was arrested on on 28 December and sent for judicial remand. In both instances, meters were sent for testing and tampering was proven, they said. Further, the consumer’s consumption as against the connected load was found to be very low. The loss sustained by the company is estimated at about Rs.1.5 lakh in the first instance, and at Rs.1.2 lakh the second time. The central discom has been conducting a special drive against power theft, and booked quite a few cases against the second time offenders in the last one month.

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