Power theft incidents are still coming to fore in Bokaro as people have started opting new ways of stealing power.
Four teams of Chas electricity department officials conducted raids at several locations in the urban and rural area and lodged FIR against seven people for stealing electric power at the local police stations and fined over 44,600 rupees to the defaulters.
Teams led by Assistant Electrical Engineer Bokaro S Laha and Assistant Electrical Engineer (Rural) RK Verma conducted raids at different location under Marafari and Jaridih police stations.
FIR was lodged against seven defaulters includes Raj Narayan Gupta, Baleshwar Murmu, Rajesh Gupta, Jitender Singh, Santosh Kumar, Jayant and Amlesh. All of them were found using illegal power connections; they were using electricity without taking official connections in their houses, said Laha.
Stealing power is a crime, punishable by fines and or imprisonment, said Laha.