Gang involved in tampering with electricity meters busted in Prayagraj, one arrested

Police arrested a person and later claimed a gang of those allegedly involved in tampering of electricity meters by wiping the readings on them had been busted on Tuesday.

A team from vigilance department also recovered 347 stolen electricity meters, wires, cables and leads along with equipment used for tampering with them.

Officials said acting on a tip off a vigilance team carried out a raid and arrested Rahul Gupta aka Vipin Gupta of Muthiganj area and recovered 347 electricity meters, large quantity of wires, cables, lead from him. The team also recovered a high frequency machine which is used for clearing the readings of electricity meters.