Palghar: Case against 2 house owners for power theft worth Rs 22.42 lakh

Police have registered a case against a man and his son who own a house in Maharashtra’s Palghar district for allegedly stealing power and causing a loss of Rs 22.42 lakh to the state electricity distribution company, an official said.

A flying squad of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) conducted raids in a residential locality at Sandor in Vasai area in March-end this year and found power meters tampered in the row house the accused, an official from Vasai police station said.

MSEDCL officials found a theft 97,686 units of power between March 2011 and March 2023, causing a loss to the tune of Rs 22,42,869 to the power company, it said in a complaint. Based on the MSEDCL’s complaint, the Vasai police registered a case on Saturday against the two house owners under provisions of the Electricity Act, the official said. No arrest has been made so far, he said, adding that a probe was on into the case.