FIR lodged against SP's Sambhal MP for power theft

An FIR of power theft was lodged against Samajwadi Party (SP) MP from Sambhal Ziaur Rahman Barq on Thursday for using power supply illegally at his residence in the Deepa Sarai locality of Sambhal district, power department and police officials said.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: Power supply to the MP's house was also snapped.

"A case of power theft has been registered against MP Ziaur Rahman Barq on the complaint of electricity department officials on Thursday morning. The complaint was filed by the officials concerned from the electricity department following an inspection done at the MP's residence," Sambhal superintendent of police (SP) KK Bishnoi said.

Another police official said, "The FIR, based on a written complaint by sub divisional officer (SDO) Santosh Tripathi, assistant engineer (Meter) Ashish Kataria, and junior engineers Ajay Kumar Sharma and BK Gangal, alleged the MP's 2-kilowatt connection was illegally bypassed, allowing unauthorized consumption of 16.48 kilowatts of electricity." He said Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act (Amendment) 2003 has been slapped against him.