The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) detected a total of 48,489 connections from where consumers were allegedly pilfering electricity in all its circles of five districts — Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur and Okara — in 140 days of anti-power theft campaign.
A spokesman told the media on Saturday that LESCO submitted 48,033 FIR [first information report] applications against electricity thieves in the relevant police stations, out of which 45,268 cases were registered and 17,417 accused were arrested.
LESCO so far charged a total of 68,799,505 detection units worth Rs 2.675 billion [or precisely Rs 2,675,116,715] to all power pilferers.
On the 140th consecutive day of the campaign, the spokesman added, LESCO teams detected 455 power pilferers and submitted 455 FIR applications with the respective police stations, out of which 183 cases were registered, while five accused were arrested. Large commercial consumers were also found involved in electricity theft during the campaign.
