Since April this year, the power discom Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) has lodged 814 electricity theft cases in Gautam Budh Nagar at its exclusive anti-theft police station in Sector 63.
PVVNL (Noida division) chief engineer Virendra Nath Singh said the FIRs in these cases were lodged under sections 135 and 158B of the Electricity Act, 2003. “We withdraw the FIRs once the offenders pay the fine imposed by PVVNL,” he said.
He also said after the establishment of power theft police station, the raiding team does not need to send a requisition for police force in advance, particularly raiding the areas falling under rural feeders.
