PESHAWAR: The Wapda has accused the Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa police of stealing electricity and said that the provincial department is also a defaulter of Rs60 million of power dues.
Sources said that Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) is trying to avoid any action against the police despite the availability of ample evidence as the police department is fully cooperating in province-wide operation against power thefts.
PESCO sources confirmed that at least 10 police stations are involved in power thefts and a local news channel was also able to obtain footage of police stations using electricity from illegally hooked connections.
KP police is a bill defaulter of 60 million rupees to WAPDA while Peshawar police is a bill defaulter of 24 million rupees. Despite several letters of PESCO to police, it has not cleared the arrears yet.
