The managing director of the Rishi Ganga Power Corporation ltd implementing the 13 MW Rishiganga power project in Chamoli district has been arrested and sent to jail in a case of power theft amounting to Rs 3.20 lakh.
It is pertinent to mention here that the power department had ascertained power theft amounting to Rs 3.20 lakh at the guest house of the company at Raini about seven months ago.
The department’s assistant engineer Ankit Rawat had filed a case against the company MD Rajit Mehra at the Joshimath police station and since then the police was searching for the main accused.
On October 5, an informant tipped off the police about Mehra’s presence at a guest house in Sunil. According to the Joshimath police station in-charge Harendra Singh Bisht, Mehra was arrested from the guest house at Sunil and presented in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
The accused was later sent to jail on Sunday night. This case has exposed the blatant violations by companies involved in implementing hydro power projects in different parts of the State.