Navi Mumbai: Three separate FIRs of power theft were registered at APMC police station earlier this week against a landlord who has rented his three houses in a building in Kopri village in Sector 26A, Vashi, and his three tenants.The FIRs were lodged by MSEDCL’s assistant engineer (recovery squad), Jayesh Gaikar (25), on behalf of MSEDCL. The accused landlord was identified as Shankar Sitaram Pawar and the three tenants as Anand Padaichi, Renu Parveen Shaikh and Rihana Khan. While two houses were on the first floor, the third house was on the second floor.Gaikar, said, “Pawar did not install an electricity meter and indulged in power theft from July 2023 till June 2025 by tampering with electrical junction (busbar) by looping electricity meter cabin to draw direct power supply. Upon inspection of the building by MSEDCL team in June last year, the power theft came to light. Hence, the landlord was served with a notice for payment of cumulative penalty with a 24-month billing estimate of collectively around Rs 1.6 lakh. Since Padaichi, Shaikh and Khan consumed the power too, the three FIRs were registered after one year for causing financial loss to MSEDCL since the accused were not paying the billing amount despite a recovery notice.”
