Chandigarh: Seven people booked for electricity theft through kundi connections

AS MANY as seven identified people along with half a dozen unknown persons were booked for electricity thefts through illegal kundi connections (connecting the meter wires with the main electricity lines) at Rehabilitation Colony, Sector 25. Police said that thefts were detected during an anti-theft drive in the colony on February 12. A complaint was only lodged after establishing the names of certain people and confirming the fact that electricity was being stolen, police added. Sources said that the personnel of electricity sub division number-1 had conducted an internal probe prior to moving a police complaint in this regard on Saturday.