Maharashtra: Case against 15 residents of village in Aurangabad for power theft

A case  has been registered against 51 residents of a village in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district for alleged electricity theft, an official of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL).

An assistant engineer of the MSEDCL had lodged a complaint in this regard at Gangapur police station, he said. An MSEDCL team visited village Maygaon in Paithan tehsil on July 3 and found several illegal connections, the official said.

A case was registered under section 135 of the Electricity Act (theft of electric lines and materials, an offence which attracts prison term of up to 3 years or fine or both) and further probe was on, he added.