CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur. In the campaign launched by the Electricity Department against electricity theft in Saharanpur city this morning, electricity theft worth about 30 lakh rupees was caught in three colonies and FIRs have been registered against about 38 consumers.

District Magistrate Manish Bansal said today that under the leadership of Chief Engineer of Electricity Department Sunil Kumar Agarwal, other senior officers of the Electricity Department and a large team of Vigilance Department raided Mehndi Sarai, Peer Wali Gali and Khatakhedi of Saharanpur city. PAC and police were also with the team. No resistance was encountered during the raid.

Chief Engineer Sunil Kumar Agarwal said that the campaign was started today after complaints of large-scale electricity theft and this campaign will continue. Sunil Kumar Agarwal said that apart from him, superintending engineers Avdhesh Kumar, Avinash Kumar, Arun Mishra and many SDOs were present during this time. He said that this campaign against power theft will continue. He appealed to the consumers to take electricity connection as per the rules and increase the power load as per the consumption requirement and pay their dues promptly. District Magistrate Manish Bansal said that the campaign launched today against power theft will be run effectively in the entire district.