UP Electrician Cuts Power Supply of Police Station in Firozabad After Being Fined for Not Wearing Helmet

Lucknow, August 1: In a bizarre incident, an electrician in Uttar Pradesh cut off the power lines to a police station after he was fined by the cops for not wearing a helmet. Reports inform that the electrician of Firozabad district was anguished after Police issued him a challan of Rs 500 for not wearing a helmet while riding his motorcycle. The man retaliated in an unusual way by cutting off the electricity of the police station, as a mark of revenge. Uttar Pradesh: Judge Makes Policeman Take Off Uniform in Open Court As Punishment, Transferred.

According to a report by Rushlane, the electrician has been identified as Srinivas. He was stopped by sub inspector Ramesh Chandra while he was on his duty rounds to Badi Chapeti to repair a fault. The report states that Srinivas requested to pardon him once, but to no avail. He told police that he was unable to pay the fine of Rs 500 as his monthly income was only Rs. 6,000.

After paying the fine, Srinivas asked his fellow staff at the electricity office to check out pending power dues by the Linepar Police Station. His colleague informed that the police station was a defaulter and had accumulated bills to the extent of Rs 6,62,463 since January 2016.

In an unusual way of taking revenge, as soon as Srinivas got the details of the outstanding bill, he went on to disconnect power supply to the Linepar police station. The station remained without electricity for around 4 hours. The report informs that the bills had remained unpaid since January 2016. The electricity was later restored only after senior cops took up matter with electricity department officials.

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