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After 'Zero' Electricity Bill For 6 Months, Sambhal MP Zia ur Rahman Booked For Power Theft
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After 'Zero' Electricity Bill For 6 Months, Sambhal MP Zia ur Rahman Booked For Power Theft

ABP News  

Samajwadi Party Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, Zia ur Rahman Barq was booked by police for power theft on Thursday. It has been alleged that one of the two electricity meters installed at Barq's residence showed zero power consumption for six months despite being functional. The registration of FIR comes just hours after a team of officials from …

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Days After Anti-Encroachment Drive, Smart Meter Installed At Sambhal MP Zia Ur Rehman's Home Amid Tight Security
6 days ago

Days After Anti-Encroachment Drive, Smart Meter Installed At Sambhal MP Zia Ur Rehman's Home Amid Tight Security

ABP News  

A few days after anti-encroachment drive, a team from the electricity department on Tuesday reached the residence of Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal Zia Ur Rehman where a smart electricity meter was installed amidst heavy security arrangements. SDO-1 of Sambhal Santosh Tripathi on Tuesday stated the electricity department team had gone there to install a smart meter at …

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Yogi govt crackdowns on Sambhal electricity theft: 1,250 cases registered, Rs 5.2 crore fine imposed
1 week ago

Yogi govt crackdowns on Sambhal electricity theft: 1,250 cases registered, Rs 5.2 crore fine imposed

India TV News  

Sambhal electricity theft: Over the past three months, the Uttar Pradesh Police in Sambhal district have registered 1,250 FIRs related to electricity theft, imposing fines amounting to Rs 5.2 crore, said officials on Monday. In just the last two days, authorities registered 90 FIRs in cases of electricity theft, which included instances at four mosques and one madrasa. Electricity theft …

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Advanced tech helps NPCL identify power theft of ₹96 lakh in Greater Noida
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Advanced tech helps NPCL identify power theft of ₹96 lakh in Greater Noida

Hindustan Times  

In one of the largest crackdowns on electricity theft in the region, the Noida Power Company Limited, the power distribution company in Greater Noida, successfully utilised advanced data analysis techniques to identify power theft amounting to ₹96 lakh and impose penalties on 58 individuals, senior officials said on Thursday. The NPCL campaign targeted both rural and urban areas, and large-scale …

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Two Ballia officials suspended for asking bribe
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Two Ballia officials suspended for asking bribe

Hindustan Times  

Energy minister AK Sharma on Sunday suspended two officials in Ballia district for demanding bribe from two power users so as to not file an FIR for electricity theft against them. Vigilance junior engineer Gopichand Gupta and enforcement in-charge sub-inspector Amit Kumar Yadav were suspended with immediate effect. The action, according to a government spokesman, was taken based on an …

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Delhi: 31-year-old man stabbed to death by neighbour over electricity theft in Trilokpuri area
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi: 31-year-old man stabbed to death by neighbour over electricity theft in Trilokpuri area

India TV News  

Delhi crime news: A 31-year-old man was stabbed to death by his neighbour allegedly over electricity theft in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri area, police said on Friday. The family of Surender accused their neighbours- Mahesh and his sons Vikas and Abhay - of stealing electricity from a nearby temple to charge their electric scooter, they said. In a fit of rage, …

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Two booked for electricity theft in Loni Kalbhor
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Two booked for electricity theft in Loni Kalbhor

Hindustan Times  

A criminal case has been registered at the Loni Kalbhor police station against two individuals from Kadamwak Wasti for electricity theft amounting to ₹2.68 lakh. During an inspection by a team from the Uruli Kanchan sub-division comprising deputy executive engineer Dhammapal Pandit, assistant engineer Ramprasad Narwade, Shweta Dalvi, and Siraj Syed, Rokade and Badade were found guilty of electricity theft. …

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Karnataka police removes ‘electricity thief’ posters outside HD Kumaraswamy's home
1 year, 1 month ago

Karnataka police removes ‘electricity thief’ posters outside HD Kumaraswamy's home

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka Police on Wednesday removed posters that were put up outside the former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy's residence in Bengaluru a day after a case was filed against him over electricity theft by the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company. On Tuesday, the Karnataka Congress alleged that former chief minister and JD chief Kumaraswamy had unlawfully tapped into the power supply …

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'Oppressive & Unwarranted': Allahabad HC Quashes Criminal Proceedings Pending For 18 Yrs Against An Electricity Theft Accused
1 year, 11 months ago

'Oppressive & Unwarranted': Allahabad HC Quashes Criminal Proceedings Pending For 18 Yrs Against An Electricity Theft Accused

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings pending for 18 years against a man accused of committing electricity theft by terming the inordinate delay in the trial as oppressive and unwarranted.Holding that the fundamental right to speedy trial of the accused-Madan Mohan Saxena had been violated in the case, the bench of Justice Sameer Jain quashed the chargesheet …

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Supreme Court comes to the rescue of man sentenced to 18 years in jail for serial electricity theft
2 years ago

Supreme Court comes to the rescue of man sentenced to 18 years in jail for serial electricity theft

India Today  

The Supreme Court has come to the rescue of a man who was imprisoned for electricity theft and ordered to undergo consecutive sentences. Setting aside the high court judgment, the SC on Friday ordered the release of the man sentenced to 18 years in jail in nine separate cases of electricity theft. READ | Power thefts costing Punjab Rs 1200 …

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State Electricity Regulatory Commission Not Empowered To Adjudicate Issues Related To Electricity Theft: Gujarat High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

State Electricity Regulatory Commission Not Empowered To Adjudicate Issues Related To Electricity Theft: Gujarat High Court

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has observed that the Electricity Regulatory Commission of the state can not adjudicate the electricity theft issues in the exercise of its powers under, the Electricity Act, 2003. The bench of Justice Nirzar S. Desai was dealing with a plea challenging an order of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission dismissing a plea moved by the petitioner …

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