118 power pilferers caught in southern Punjab

MULTAN: Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) caught 118 power pilferers during separate operations throughout southern Punjab in a single day, a MEPCO official said on Saturday.

MEPCO teams accompanying taskforces raided different places in southern Punjab including Multan, Vehari, Sahiwal, Rahim Yar Khan, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalnagar, Khanewal and Dera Ghazi Khan and detected theft of 148,000 units.

A sum of over Rs2.4 million was imposed as cumulative fine on the power pilferers while two FIRs were registered against the power thieves.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1^st, 2019.