Five Sub-Divisional Officers, One Revenue Officer and one Commercial Assistant have been suspended as power pilferage in a Textile Mill on Jhang Road was proved. According to detail electricity was being stolen in Younis Industries under the head of MDI for the last some time. On a tips Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fesco Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar Khan set up a high level committee to investigate into this issue.
After investigating the power pilferage was proved hence the SDO's Sajjad Haider Aawan, Zibda-tul-Zia, Shahzad Mehmood, Sheikh Awais Rasheed, Revenue Officer Abdul Hafeez Nadeem and Commercial Assistant Muhammad Ashraf were immediately suspended on their poor performance.
The electricity meter of the factory has been removed and a fine of rupees 3.5 million has been imposed on the factory owner. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fesco Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar Khan has reiterated that anti-theft campaign against power pilferers will continue till the total illumination of this manner. He said that the power pilferers and corrupt Fesco officials would be taken to task. Anybody who may be influential would not be spared.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Theft Squad, headed by DCO, Najam Ahmed Shah, conducted a raid in Shadab Colony (Jhang Road) under supervision of AC Sader, Shafi Ullah, detected a Network through which Gas was being supplied illegally to 100 Houses of the Colony by laying an underground concealed pipe and connecting it with the Main Gas Pipelines and there was no Meter installed at the premises to show the consumption of the gas.
The Raiding Party Head was informed by the dwellers of the Colony that they were paying a sum of rupees 800 per house to the gas suppliers every month. The Anti-Theft Squad also conducted a surprise raid in Street No 12 of Mohallah Mansoor Abad, under direction supervision of DCO, Najam Ahmad Shah, CPO Abdur Razzaq Jappa, Assistant Commissioner(City) Zaheer Anwar Jappa and SP(Counter-Terrorism Department) Humayun Ahmad and traced that a Plastic Printing Factory was running 3 Big Generators with usage of Gas and producing 1 Maga Watt electricity which was being used for running the Factory and the surplus electricity was sold to the residents of the Mohallah.