SHILLONG: Police have recorded the statement of some of its personnel against whom Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Limited (MePDCL) has filed FIRs for alleged energy thefts.
It was learnt that police will also record the statement of those who had filed the FIRs against the accused police personnel.
Sources said that some of the accused police personnel claimed that they had not been staying in the quarters for long and had only recently taken possession of the quarters.
Sources also said that the next course of action will follow after the statements have been recorded.
The FIRs have been filed by MePDCL Assistant Executive Engineer Arju Dkhar at Sadar police station against police personnel Thigmen Sangma, Pinchang G Momin, Nijon Marak, Mukherjee Marak, Lovesh Sangma, Ballen Sangma and Armit Sangma.
The FIRs stated that the seven police personnel, who are the occupants of government quarters at Police Reserve, are unregistered consumers of MePDCL and their power supply which was found to be illegally connected to their quarters was disconnected and sealed by the MePDCL on April 6.
But on further inspection on April 14, it was found that the seals have been removed and power supply to their quarters was taken directly.
All the accused personnel had direct connections without meters and the illegal load on all the defaulters was found to be 2 KW each.
