Two electricity department employees in Telangana were allegedly tied to a pillar by some residents upset over frequent power cuts before a senior official and police intervened and rescued them in a village in Medak district, police said on Sunday.
Two bill collectors of the Electricity Transmission Corporation had gone to the village in Alladurg mandal in Medak district on Saturday in connection with electricity bills, they said.
The villagers alleged frequent power cuts and poor response to their complaints and that there was only one helper (technician) to look after four villages and demanded a separate helper for their village.
The bill collectors reportedly told the villagers that the issue was not under their purview and that they would inform higher officials.
