572 Cases Of Power Theft Registered In Peshawar

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published January 18, 2019 | 05:31 PM

The crackdown against power theft and WAPDA recovery on the directives of Inspector General of Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Salahuddin Khan Mehsood was yielding positive results throughout the province

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2019 ) :The crackdown against power theft and WAPDA recovery on the directives of Inspector General of Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Salahuddin Khan Mehsood was yielding positive results throughout the province.

Police have registered 572 cases under the relevant law against the violators found involved in Kunda culture and other kind of electricity theft and arrested 246 culprits charged in the FIRs in last 15 days.

In order to tighten noose around the elements involved in use of WAPDA electricity through different illegal means, KP police as per policy of the government have launched a campaign against the violators.

In the campaign, KP police were going from door to door and registering cases against illegal users of electricity.

In this connection, police during last 15 days registered 572 cases against electricity theft and took into custody 246 persons charged in these cases. The police also took into possession 740 meter wire being used for illegal connection from WAPDA installations.

Police during WAPDA recovery campaign, also helped WAPDA in depositing of Rs 54,19,343 in the national exchequers from the defaulters.

Different police teams have been constituted at each and every police station level which are conducting raids on daily basis in theirrespective jurisdiction and taking action against the "Kunda culture" andelectricity theft without any discrimination.