Power theft: 190 consumers fined

Amritsar: Around 190 consumers were found stealing the power during a raid conducted by PSPCL teams in the suburban and rural belt of the city. Satinder Sharma, XEN, said a penalty of Rs28.5 lakh was imposed on the defaulters. As many as 24 teams of the distribution wing of the suburban circle checked 3,546 premises of consumers of different categories. He said earlier during the visit of PSPCL director (distribution) DPS Grewal, nearly 200 power theft cases were detected and FIRs were registered against the erring consumers. Pardeep Kumar Saini, chief engineer distribution, PSPCL, Border Zone, Amritsar appealed to consumers not to indulge in power theft. TNS

Two held with 1-kg poppy husk

Amritsar: The rural police have nabbed two persons with 1kg of poppy husk. They were identified as Rakesh Singh of 100-feet road and Manjinder Singh of Udham Singh Nagar on Tarn Taran Road. ASI Atma Singh said the suspects were arrested at a checkpoint on the Khasa-Ramtirath road. He said both were travelling in an SUV and during checking contraband was found from their vehicle. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against them. TNS

3 mobile phones found from jail

Amritsar: The Central Jail authorities here confiscated two mobile phones from two jail inmates, identified as Harmanpreet of Umarpura village and Ravinderpal Singh, alias Ghora, of Patiala, while one phone was found near window of an isolation cell. Bhagwant Singh, assistant superintendent, said the phones were found during checking by members of the jail staff. The police have registered a case under the Prisons Act. TNS