KOHAT: The residents of Sector-4 of the posh KDA Township staged a demonstration here on Sunday against the police failure to book the owner of a hostel for ‘stealing’ electricity from their meters.

The town’s president Islamuddin claimed that the KDA police had found the hostel owner, Mr Firdos, stealing electricity, but they didn’t register a case against him. He said the police told the residents that they would ask the relevant sub-divisional officer of Peshawar Electric Supply Company to hold a probe into it first.

When contacted, SHO Roman Shah told Dawn that the police would register an FIR if and when Pesco conducted a probe into the alleged power theft by the hostel owner.

He claimed that the Federal Investigation Agency was also holding inquiries against the man in three different cases.

Meanwhile, the project director of KDA Township, in a statement on Sunday, also asked the police to move against the hostel owner for ‘stealing’ power.

Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2024