Sui Southern Gas Company has been taking all steps to bring down the menace of gas theft in its franchise provinces of Sindh and Baluchistan. In an intensive grand anti-gas theft crackdown drive in Karachi & other regions, SS&CGTO, along with CRD Theft Section, Distribution Department, SSGC Police & Local Police, continued to conduct multiple raids at various locations in the Karachi region and took immediate action against gas thieves.
Recently, a raid was conducted at the Plastic Moulding Factory in Korangi, Karachi, where the culprit tampered with the meter to reverse the reading. FIR has been registered against Muhammad Shakil Hussain, S/o Muhammad Hussain. In another raid at Soomar Goth, Malir, Karachi, the team detected an underground illegal connection that was supplying gas to approximately 200 households from SSGC’s 8-inch distribution line. The culprits were charging Rs. 20,000 as an advance payment and Rs. 2,000 as aa monthly payment. FIR has been registered against Ali Hasan S/o Lal Buksh, Waseem Gul S/o Shah Jahan, and Sarfaraz S/o Ghulam Shabbir.
In another case at Allah Malik Shinwari Karahi & BBQ Restaurant, Quaidabad, Karachi, the culprit was found to have tampered with the meter to reverse meter readings. FIR has been registered against Gulla Jan S/o Gul Jan. Meanwhile, in a raid at an apartment in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi, an underground illegal connection was found leading from SSGC’s main supply line, via which gas was being supplied to 22 flats. The culprit was charging Rs. 3,000/- per flat per month. FIR has been registered against Zeeshan Safdar, S/o Muhammad Safdar. In Hassan Panhwar Goth, 500 houses were receiving gas illegally, with an advance payment of Rs. 30,000 and a monthly charge of Rs. 2,500. FIR has been registered against Banaras Khan, S/o Taj Muhammad Khan, Rahib Khan, S/o Muhammad Khan Surghani, and Imtiaz Ali, S/o Rasool Buksh.
The team also raided Baghwan Goth, where they found 250 houses illegally receiving gas. The culprits were charging Rs. 7,000 as an advance payment and Rs. 1,500 aa a monthly payment. FIR has been registered against Muneer Ali, S/o Anwer Ali. All materials used for illegally accessing gas were removed on the spot, and appropriate claims will be raised against all those involved in this heinous crime.
