Alwar: Power department staff beaten up by theft accused, three held

ALWAR: A vigilance team of the electricity department was attacked while they had gone to probe power theft at Barhadi locality of Behror town in Alwar district.
This was the fifth incident in past two months in which the electricity team was attacked by the locals. Police have arrested three persons for allegedly assaulting the team and causing hindrance to the government work.
P D Saini, executive engineer of the power corporation, said that on Wednesday evening a team of officials gone after having a specific information on power theft. “We had a specific complaint that electricity was stolen by one Dev RO plant situated at Badhari locality of Behror,” said Saini.
The confrontation began while the team started taking photos and removing the wires illegally joined with the main electricity line. “Suddenly, a group of people attacked our team and also damaged our government vehicle,” Saini added.