Power thieves injure four GEPCO employees
May 30, 2017
One suspect has been taken into custody for involvement in incident
GUJRANWALA: Power thieves attacked and injured four employees of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO), including a meter inspector, Tuesday morning.
The GEPCO team, including meter inspector Anwar and meter reader Ayaz, reached a house in Beriwala after getting reports that electricity was being stolen from a meter by its residents.
The team was dislodging the house’s meter connection when the residents started throwing stones at the team. As a result, four employees were injured and shifted to a nearby hospital.
Garjakh police took into custody one suspect for involvement in the incident.
A case has yet to be registered.
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