Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has got registered an FIR against Rukhsana Kausar, former MPA of Pakistan Muslim League-N, for stealing electricity in the area of Davis Road sub-division. The company’s spokesman told media here Monday that LESCO staff had seized the wires used in electricity theft and lodged a case against the accused in the police station. The police, he added, tried to arrest her but she escaped.
The LESCO also charged Rs 575,000 as a detection bill to former MPA Rukhsana Kausar, out of which Rs 150,000 have been recovered. LESCO Chief Executive Officer Engineer Shahid Haider vowed that indiscriminate action would be taken against electricity thieves.
