Mumbai: MSEDCL has detected power theft with 4.93 crore Rs songs in the ice factory in Virar.
A pine was registered at the Virar Police Station on November 4 against four company directors, and the fifth person who helped them in the alleged theft.
A official said: “The MSEDCL team conducted a surprise check in place on October 30-31.
Officials found several remote controls and gadgets used to damage the electricity meter and to fulfilled the reading of [Power use].
During the detailed probe in the first week of November, Officials found that the company had stolen 27.8 lakh electricity units between November 2016 and October 2021.
The total theft was rated by Rs 4.93 Crore and FIR then registered at the Virar Police Station on 4.
November “Notifications have been issued for this number of recovery together with penalty.
The people accused of being ordered based on Section 138 (the punishment of consumers when he was not broken seal) and 150 (reduction of crime) under the Electricity Law, 2003.
Power Theft is a big problem in the area where MSEDCL supplies electricity.
In September, 127 cases of electricity theft had been registered against consumers in all regions of Mumbai in a massive examination carried out against cheating meters and keeping them constant at 0-30 consumption units for several months.
“This is a new operandi mode to show that there are some low consumption.
We now check all meters that have 0 to 30 consumption units to ensure that there is no fraud,” officially added.
The source said that more than 3.3 lakh like meters with 0-30 reading units have been checked by MSEDCL field staff so far.
The power utility firm has also noticed that those who face temporary termination in the Mumbai Metropolitan region because they do not pay bills since April 2020 switch to Power Historage.
Officials have been directed to get registered firets in many cases so that there is a strict sentence for violators.