TOBA TEK SINGH: The Sargodha Road police station has been accused of electricity theft after connecting direct wires from the main supply line.

In a letter to the Faisalabad city police officer (CPO) on Monday, Faisalabad Electric Supply Company’s Muslim Town Sub-Divisional Officer Mubashir Hussain Larra said the police personnel at the station resort to stealing electricity whenever the power supply was disconnected due to non-payment.

The station owes an outstanding bill of Rs1.16 million, leading to a power cut. He asked the CPO to take action against those responsible and ensure the payment of the overdue amount.

BOOKED: Three Elite Force constables were booked on Monday for the murder of Ghulam Dastagir, a grade nine student, after a fake encounter during the Eid Miladun Nabi night in Jaranwala. Dastagir, along with his cousin Ali Kamran, a second-year student, was returning home on a motorcycle after watching a procession when they were shot at by the police officials.

Both cousins were seriously injured, and Dastagir succumbed to his injuries after a week in Jaranwala THQ Hospital.

The constables, including Rizwan, who has a prior murder case against him, were arrested.

Dastagir was an orphan and the only brother to three sisters.

ELECTROCUTED: A 15-year-old boy died after being electrocuted while working at a welding shop in Ghousia Colony, Mamukanjan, on Monday.

Reports state that Feroze Din was an apprentice at the shop when he touched a live wire, receiving a fatal electric shock. He died instantly at the scene.

ACCIDENT: Sixteen-year-old college student Talha Arshad died near Rajana on Samundri Road on Monday in a road accident.

Talha was on his way home to Chak 254 GB Soondh after attending classes at a private college in Toba when his motorcycle collided with another bike. He rushed to Rajana Rural Health Centre to be referred to DHQ Hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2024