Superintendent of Police (SP) (Sambhal) Krishna Kumar Bishnoi had earlier told reporters that at 7.30 am on Thursday electricity department’s Santosh Tripathi was tasked with checking power equipment in Deepa Sarai area.During the inspection at the MP’s residence, Mamlukur Rehman Barq abused engineers V K Gangal and Ajay Kumar Sharma and obstructed government work, he said. The SP said Barq told the engineer that “the dispensation will change and we will ruin you”. The incident has been video recorded by the electricity department.”A case has been registered at the Nakhasa police station against Barq and two others — Wasim and Salman — under relevant provisions of the law,” Bishnoi added.Vinod Kumar said the MP’s house had two connections of two kilowatts each. One in the Zia Ur Rehman’s name and another in his late grandfather’s name.Two days ago, smart meters were installed at the MP’s residence and in the last six months, the metres showed zero unit consumption, a power department official said. He added that when the premises were checked on Thursday a 16.48 kilowatt load was found at his place. When both his electricity meters were sent to the lab, it was found in the MRI test that both the meters were tampered with.During the check today, engineers Ajay Sharma and V K Gangal claimed that they were threatened by the MP’s father. A complaint has been lodged with the police in this regard, he said.
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