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More Rajasthan police stations to monitor power theft

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JAIPUR: Two more police stations were inaugurated in Rajasthan, on Wednesday, to exclusively monitor power thefts. Each of the stations at Dholpur and Baran, under the Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) territory, will be headed by an assistant sub-inspector .

JVVNL’s Chairman and Managing Director R.G. Gupta said out of the 13 police stations sanctioned by the State Government in 2006-07 to deal with the high incidence of power thefts, 10 are now functioning. In the first and second phases of the programme, eight stations were opened to curb crimes related to power thefts, he said. The first police station was set up on April 1 last year.

The personnel at the police stations have been given the power to arrest, jail and put to trial those found involved in theft of electricity or tampering of the equipment.

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