APDCL, Nagaon seizes over 35 pre-paid electric digital meters

Special squad led by CEO Bijoy Sankar Boruah, CEO, APDCL, Nagaon seized over 35 pre-paid electric digital meters
APDCL, Nagaon seizes over 35 pre-paid electric digital meters
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NAGAON: Special squad led by CEO Bijoy Sankar Boruah, CEO, APDCL, Nagaon seized over 35 pre-paid electric digital meters for stealing electric power by bypassing its power connection for long at Royal Aawash, a deluxe apartment, on Friday.

Sources claimed that the consumers of the apartment did not recharge the power tariff for months due to which the department concerned had doubts in this regard. Based on that doubt, the squad led by CEO Bijoy Sankar Boruah, carried out a sudden operation at the sophisticated apartment on Friday here and during the drive, the squad detected 35 such tampered pre-paid electric digital meters, sources from the department concerned said, adding that the experts from APDCL, Nagaon were examining all those seized digital meters and among 35 pre-paid electric digital meters, the experts confirmed 29 manipulated electric digital meters till the time of filing this report.

The experts from APDCL, Nagaon are still examining other power connections in the sophisticated apartment on Saturday.

Sources claimed that it was the biggest power theft in the district in which the power thieves used specific developed skills in stealing electric power.

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