The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has detected a total of 84,561 connections from where the customers were pilfering electricity in all its circles of five districts Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur and Okara — in 244 days of grand anti-power theft campaign. A LESCO spokesman told the media here on Saturday that the company had also submitted FIR applications against electricity thieves, out of which 78,703 FIRs had been registered in respective police stations, while 32,831 accused have been arrested. LESCO has so far charged a total of 98,571,449 detection units worth Rs 3,595,109,326 to all the power pilferers.
LESCO detects 84,561 power pilferers in 244 days
