Despite all efforts by the Jharkhand State Electricity Board, power theft incidents are still coming to fire in Chas (Bokaro), as people have started opting new ways for stealing power.
Taking tough action Chas electricity department officials conducted raids under Chas police station and filed the case against 12 defaulters for stealing electricity and imposed a fine of Rs1.57 lakhs rupees, said an official. A team lead by Anil Singh Assistant Electrical Engineer (Gramin) conducted raids in Vastu Vihar and Kunj Vihar and filed electricity theft case against seven, said Singh. “All of them were inclusively fined rupees 90 thousand for stealing electricity”, he added.
While another team led by Junior Electrical Engineer Anju Kerketta conducted raids in Kushum Tekri village under Pindrajora police station and filed the case against five for power stealing, said an official adding a fine of Rs70 thousand were imposed on them”. Power theft case had been filed against Brajesh Singh, Pannalal Rai, Sunil Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Krishna Mohan Singh, CP Singh, SN Singh, Rajesh Soren, Sunil Manjhi, Budhheshwar Hembrem, Sharawan Kumar and Karamchand Rajwar, said the official.