Tanveer Chaugule, a resident of Mumbra-Kausa, has been arrested by the mumbra The police in connection with the theft of electricity. He was brought before the court on May 19 and remained in court custody until June 1.
Tanveer Chaugule, who lives in the Dongre Nagar area of โโKausa, has not paid his electricity bill since the MSEDCL period. In August 2021, Torrent Power Company removed your electric meter due to your past due electric bills. However, even after that, he continued to steal electricity.
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Due to non-payment of electricity bills, the electricity supply to his house was cut off, but he still turned on the electricity many times on the sly. The electricity bill for the two floors of Chowgule came to INR 2.96 lakhs and when total electricity theft was assessed, it came to INR 5.01 lakhs.
It had not stopped stealing electricity despite repeated warnings. Action was taken against it under Section 135 of the Electricity Act 2003. Theft of electricity is an offense under the Act and the torrent company has warned of strict legal action against electricity thieves.
