Greater Noida: Two masked men thrashed a lineman at Dhummanik Pur substation in Badalpur for allegedly filing complaints of power theft against consumers at the local police station. The victim was identified as Munendra Lohiya.
This is the same power substation where a power operator was shot dead in April 2018 allegedly by a local gangster after supply was stopped during inclement weather.
Manoj Kumar, a junior engineer of Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (PVVNL), filed a complaint against the suspect in Badalpur police station in this regard. He said around 9.30am on Monday , two linemen Munendra Lohiya and Virendra Pratap Singh, were on duty at the substation.
