Jalandhar: Action on electricity theft; PSPCL charges Rs. 10 Lakh penalty on guest house
Electricity Theft by Guest House - Rs. 10 Lakh penalty slapped
Updated 5/19/2022, 7:20:00 PM
Jalandhar Enforcement squad of PSPCL lead by Sr. XEN/Enf. 2 detected a major electricity theft by a Guest House located near Dhogri Road on Jalandhar-Pathankot Highway. The Guest house was put on surveillance by Enforcement team as the annual consumption of guest house was mere 5000 units whereas sanctioned load of the guest house was 20 KW.
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Today, the electricity meter of the guest house was removed & checked in the ME Laboratory by Enforcement staff. The wires of two CT’s in the meter were found cut through two tiny holes in the meter body. The Enforcement declared it as Electricity theft case & booked the owner under section 135 of Indian Electricity Act - 2003. FIR in this case has been lodged in the Police Station Anti Power Theft Jalandhar.