Court attaches assets of 21 people over power theft
A special court has attached 21 properties of people sentenced in separate cases of power theft in various parts of East Delhi, a BSES spokesperson said on Thursday.
The properties were sealed between August 21 and September 9, after the people convicted for power theft failed to pay fines, he said.
“In far-reaching separate orders, the Special Court of Electricity, Karkardooma, attached properties in Karawal Nagar, Harsh Vihar, New Usmanpur, Gokalpur, Bhajanpura, Welcome Colony, Seelampur, Khajoori Khas, GTB Enclave and other areas, in cases of power theft,” the spokesperson said.
The “power thieves” were cumulatively stealing around 550 KW of lectricity and penalties of around Rs 6.2 crore were levied as per guidelines, he said, adding that in 16 cases, electricity was being stolen by way of direct theft and in the remaining five cases, through metre tampering.
