2 factories, 2 individuals fined Tk 48.77 lakh for power pilferage

A special taskforce of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) fined two factories and two individuals Tk 48.77 lakh for pilfering electricity during four separate drives conducted in the capital between January 6 and 10.

In Kamrangirchar, a factory was fined Tk 15 lakh, and another factory Tk 6.54 lakh while Shafi Mahmud, a director of FBCCI, was fined Tk 12.23 lakh and another person Nazim Uddin Tk 15 lakh, said a DPDC press release.

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They also disconnected all the illegal power connections, said Chief of the taskforce Mohammad Munir Chowdhury.