Miscreants Involved In Theft Of NTDC Materials Arrested

Gang comprising of nine miscreants involved in theft of material of 500 kV transmission lines in Southern Region had been arrested by Jamshoro, Khanot and Sehwan police

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2019 ) :Gang comprising of nine miscreants involved in theft of material of 500 kV transmission lines in Southern Region had been arrested by Jamshoro, Khanot and Sehwan police.

FIRs had been registered under terrorism Act.The sabotage activities on transmission line power pylons and theft of material caused loss of Rs 750 million to National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC), said a press release on Thursday.

The NTDC spokesman said that during the third week of current month, NTDC Asset Management South Region witnessed three sabotage activities on 500 kV Dadu-Port Qasim Transmission line and 500 kV CPHGC-Jamshoro Transmission line which resulted in collapse of 5 towers on both transmission lines in Jamshoro district.

It was revealed that the activities were carried out by a gang of local miscreants, who managed to collapse towers and took away the parts of power pylons like nut bolts, braces and joint plates etc.

Resultantly, besides power suspension to some areas, NTDC faced loss of Rs 750 million in terms of revenue and theft of material. However, power was restored to affected areas through alternative sources.

The spokesman said that NTDC Management formulated a team comprising of GM, Chief Engineer, Superintending Engineer and Addl Manager Security Wing of NTDC to unearth activities of stolen material and increased the patrolling and surveillance with coordination of local police.

SSP Jamshoro Tauqeer Naeem instructed police party for raids in areas of Jamshoro, Khanot and Sehwan and arrested nine accused namely, Luqman, Chanoo Alias Chanesar , Jamal,Mullan Alias Tayab ,Kamal ,Tariq,Khan Mohammad, Khanod and Abbas.

During the raid large number of NTDC transmission line equipment was recovered from miscreants hidden in different areas.

MD NTDC appreciated the NTDC team for its efforts for recovery and timely arrest of miscreants.