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LAHORE, Jul 22 (APP):Electricity thieves have shot at inspection team of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) besides keeping them hostage and subjecting them to severe torture in the limits of Kot Radha Kishan Police Station.
The LESCO spokesman told media here Monday that Sarfraz Nagar Sub-Division team was
conducting a routine checking operation in the area, during which the team noticed that
the accused, Muhammad Nadeem and others, were pilfering electricity from the LESCO’s light transmission line by hooking wire illegally on it. When the LESCO field staff tried to disconnect the illegal connection, he added, the accused, Muhammad Nadeem with Nadir Ali and their unknown accomplices shot at the LESCO team, while taking them hostage and subjecting them to severe torture with iron rods and sticks.
The LESCO team immediately called in the police and a case has also been registered against the accused in Kot Radha Kishan police station and the police started investigation.