HESCO officials convicted over buffaloes' death
Truck full of buffaloes robbed at gunpoint in Karachi. PHOTO: FILE
In a ground breaking judgment, four power utility officials were sentenced to one year imprisonment and Rs0.2 million fine each for the death of three buffaloes due to electrocution from snapped power cables.
The Consumer Court Judge Humaira Shaukat sentenced Hyderabad Electricity Supply Company (HESCO) then executive engineer (XEN) Imran Awan, Sub-Divisional Officer One Juman Jamari and Line Superintendents Imdad Memon and Akhtar Memon to one year imprisonment and a fine of Rs200,000 each.
In 2023, three buffaloes were electrocuted after high tension electricity lines broke and fell on College Road within the boundaries of HESCO Sub-Division One. The owner of the buffaloes, Anwar Rind, had registered a case at the city police station against the said officers.