The Samajwadi Occasion’s Sambhal MP Ziaur Rehman Barq was booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday for alleged theft of electrical energy at his residence within the Deepa Sarai neighbourhood right here, officers stated.
Whereas the MP was booked below Part 135 of the Electrical energy Act, 2003, (theft of energy or unauthorised use of electrical energy), police stated his father Mamlukur Rehman Barq was additionally booked for allegedly threatening authorities officers through the energy division’s inspection at their residence.
“On checking the meter of the patron obtained from {the electrical} testing laboratory, it’s clear that electrical energy theft has been completed by bypassing the meter and utilizing electrical energy illegally,” said the FIR lodged on a criticism by an influence division official.
The division inspected the Sambhal MP’s residence on Thursday morning amid heavy safety.
The MP is amongst these booked by the police in reference to the November 24 violence that led to the loss of life of 4 locals in a conflict with safety personnel throughout a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid within the metropolis’s Kot Garvi space.
He has filed a writ petition within the Allahabad Excessive Court docket, searching for a keep on his arrest and has additionally sought the quashing of the FIR registered towards him. The MP has been accused of instigating individuals on November 24 and police alleged that his provocative speech was the explanation behind the violence through the survey.
Within the writ petition, the MP pleaded innocence, saying he was wrongly implicated within the matter. In keeping with his counsel, he was not current on the place of the incident, but named as accused within the FIR.
Superintendent of Police (Sambhal) Krishna Kumar Bishnoi instructed reporters that at 7.30 am Santosh Tripathi of the electrical energy division, who was tasked with checking energy gear in Deepa Sarai, went to the home of Samajwadi Occasion MP’s father checked the electrical energy gear there.
“Throughout this, Mamlukur Rehman Barq abused engineers V Okay Gangal and Ajay Kumar Sharma, obstructed authorities work and stated that ‘the dispensation will change and we are going to smash you’. The incident has been video recorded by the electrical energy division,” he stated.
“A case has been filed on the Nakhasa police station towards Mamlukur Rehman Barq and two others — Wasim and Salman — below related provisions of the regulation,” Bishnoi added.
Vinod Kumar, the facility division’s superintending engineer in Sambhal, stated the MP’s home had two connections of two kilowatts every. One connection was in his title and the opposite connection was within the title of his grandfather, who had handed away.
“Two days in the past, we put in sensible meters at his place. Within the final six months, the metres confirmed zero unit consumption. In the present day, when the premises have been checked, a 16.48 kilowatt load was discovered at his place. When each his electrical energy meters have been despatched to the lab, it was discovered within the MRI check that each the meters have been tampered with,” Singh stated.
“In the course of the checking as we speak, engineers Ajay Sharma and V Okay Gangal claimed that they have been threatened by the MP’s father. A criticism has been lodged with the police on this regard additionally,” he added.
Within the morning, the electrical energy division performed a verify on the residence of the Sambhal MP amid heavy safety deployment within the neighbourhood.
Talking to reporters, Extra Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shirish Chandra stated, “The electrical energy division requested police assist for a protected and clean inspection within the Deepa Sarai space.”
When requested particularly in regards to the location being inspected, he stated, “That is the official residence of the MP the place the electrical energy division is conducting the verify.”
Advocate Qasim Jamal, representing the MP, clarified their stance, saying, “The residence has two connections of four kilowatts, a 10-kilowatt photo voltaic panel, and a 5-kilowatt generator.
The setup contains two air conditioners, six-seven ceiling followers, a fridge, and lights. The invoice is minimal as a result of solely 4 relations reside right here: the MP, his spouse, his mom, and his father.”
On heavy safety deployment together with police, PAC and Speedy Motion Drive personnel within the neighbourhood, the advocate stated it was an “try to tarnish the household’s picture”.
