Mumbai: Adani Electricity officials lodged eight complaints of electricity theft worth ₹14,43,324 in three different police stations. Out of the eight, four complaints were registered at Deonar police station, while two each were registered at Chembur and Samta Nagar police stations.
The development came after electricity meters were checked by the vigilance department of the distribution company earlier in the week.
The highest amount of theft among the reports registered was at Anik village near Eastern Express Highway. “Eleven residents of building number 32 in the locality allegedly stole 25,483 units of electricity worth ₹3,26,564 between December 2020 and January 2023,” states one of the four FIRs registered by junior engineer Vinayak Gaikwad with the Deonar police.
