The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has released details ofprominent figures apprehended during its operation against electricitythieves.
Under the supervision of LESCO’s Chief Executive Engineer Shahid Haider, anon-discriminatory operation against electricity thieves is underway inLESCO’s fifth district.
According to LESCO spokesperson, former assembly member Mehar Saeed ZafarPadhiar was found involved in electricity theft, and he has been chargedwith 250,000 rupees on 8,620 units.
In addition, local president of Muslim League (N) Sofia Saeed was alsoimplicated in electricity theft. The culprits caused a loss of one lakhrupees to LESCO by bypassing the meters. Legal action has been initiatedagainst the accused. (Continued) People’s Party senior leader Aziz urRahman Chan was found involved in electricity theft amounting to 61 crorerupees. Aziz ur Rahman Chan’s electricity connection has been disconnected,and his ownership of a cold storage facility has been seized.
Raza Shah, the son of former prominent chairman Mian Masood Hussain Shah,was also apprehended for electricity theft, and LESCO staff removed wiresat the scene. Raza Shah has been charged 155,203 rupees on 2,404 units inthe detection bill. Dr. Aamir Saleem of M.S. Ganga Ram Hospital and hiswife Dr. Farzana Saleem were involved in electricity theft at a privateclinic.
According to LESCO’s spokesperson, a well-known gang named Arshad Khokharwas also found involved in electricity theft, and they have been chargedwith 1,400,000 detection bills. Further investigations revealed that ArshadKhokhar was already on LESCO’s list of dead defaulters with a liability of850,000 rupees, which he had not paid to LESCO.
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Former Administrator Chunian Riaz Hussain Jangooa’s son Ali Aqil Jangooaand Ali Aabid Jangooa were caught red-handed committing electricity theft.Ali Aqil was stealing electricity through a connection to LESCO’s mainlight transmission line via a hook, causing a loss of 180,000 rupees to thenational treasury. LESCO authorities disconnected the illegal connectionand confiscated the wires used in the theft.
A case has been registered against the accused at Chunian City policestation. Former assembly member Nadeem Bara’s brother Malik Jhangir Barawas involved in electricity theft in Ali Razaabad Subdivision of LESCO. Hewas tapping into the light transmission line and stealing electricity usinga bogus meter. The culprit was supplying electricity to 80 houses throughtheft.
He also owed LESCO 2.7 million rupees, and an additional 1.5 million rupeesin penalties were imposed on him. Similarly, during a search operation inSarfraz Nagar Subdivision of LESCO, during the arrest of a notoriouselectricity thief, Peer Hassan Ahmed Shah, a sum of fifteen lakh rupees wasrecovered as a penalty.
