Gurugram top cop’s office denies charges

ROHTAK: The office of Gurugram deputy commissioner of police (DCP-east) has denied the allegation of stealing electricity during the 28-month period when its power connection was severed by th eD ak shin Ha ryan aBij li Vi tran Ni g am( DHBVN) due to non-payment of outstanding arrears.

In a reply submitted to the Lokayukta, the DCP (east) office has maintained that during the 28-month period, the office of the DCP “functioned without electricity on temporary battery-operated sources of electricity arrangements.” The reply was submitted after Lokayukta sought report from the police regarding the allegations.

Complainant Harinder Dhingra had submitted that DHBVN had cut the electricity connection of the DCP office in April 2012, over non-payment of Rs 3.9 lakh outstanding bills.

The connection was restored almost two years later in August 2014, once the office made the payment. The complainant alleged that in the meantime, the office functioned by stealing power.

The DCP office stated that the DHBVN never found the office of DCP (east) indulging in electricity theft.

However, Dhing ra pointed out that DHBVN had maintained that it did not carry any raid at the office of the DCP (east) to check for power theft in the 28-month period. Dhingra asked the DCP office to explain its source of re charging the batteries through which it made the electricity arrangement.

“The RT I reply had found that the office uses 4 ACs, 7 coolers, 18 fans and 22 tubelights. The load for running these many utilities will be around 11.5 KW. The office has not divulged the source of recharge,” Dhingra stated.