14 Feb : Three retired IPS officers have been booked by Madhya Pradesh Central Power Distribution Limited Company for their alleged involvement in electricity thefts in Bhopal.Company officials conducted raids at various localities in south Bhopal on Friday and found that power was being stolen by the retired IPS officers in Vaishali Nagar.
The three against whom cases were registered are former V P Singh, S S Barbare and C P Singh, company sources said.An electricity bill of about Rs 1.98 lakh has been handed over to V P Singh in whose name the electricity meter had been issued while a Rs 98,000 bill was given to Lila Barbare, wife of S S Barbare as the connection had been taken in her name, they said.
C P Singh, who has a meter issued in the name of Padma Devi at his house, was also charged Rs two lakh for electricity theft, company sources said.(
