Four BSES employees were beaten up by consumers when they went to recover their outstanding electricity bill in South-East Delhi’s lajpat Nagar.
A case has been registered under Sections 342, 353, 186, 332 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at lajapt Nagar Police station. No arrests has been made so far. Police said the incident occurred around 12.45 pm on Thursday when the victim Devendra Kumar along with his colleagues, Pawan Kumar, Vijay Pratap and Sahab Singh went to recover the outstanding bill amount of Rs 91,400 from the accused Subhash Saluja’s house in F-block lajpat Nagar.
“Saluja has a history of not paying electricity bills on time and this time, when he refused to pay the bill again, the department sent its recovery agents,” the officer added. Police said that as Saluja refused to pay the bill, BSES disconnected the electricity connection of his house. In the meantime, Saluja called them to his house on the pretext of making the payment where they were beaten up inside the house,” the officer added.
One of the victims somehow managed to call the police. later, police arrived and rushed the employees to AIIMS Trauma Center, where one of the employees was declared unfit for statement as he was unconscious.