SHEIKHUPURA: A Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) field team was attacked by people in Nabipura locality in the limit of the Sharaqpur police station on Wednesday.
The Lesco sub division office, following information that villagers were involved in power theft, raided the place and removed illegal connections. Reacting to the raid, a group of people, with iron rods, batons and sticks, attacked the team and snatched the seized meters, wires and other material .
They injured team members Mushtaq, Tahir and others who were taken to hospital. Lesco office union chairman Rauf Khan condemned the incident and linked it to the department’s negligence for not arranging proper security measures for the raiding teams.
Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2020
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