Caught in the act: FIA arrests power thief

HARIPUR: Officials of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a hotelier for using an illegal power connection for his resort in Khanpur on Monday. Qazi Hameed, an assistant director at FIA’s Hazara zone, said that based on intelligence reports, a team raided the Lake View Resort Hotel near Khanpur Dam and caught the owner using electricity through a kunda. He said the hotel was consuming five kilowatts of electricity and not paying any dues to the government. The hotel owner, identified as Shahbaz Sarwar, was arrested.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 27^th, 2014.