The Mumbai police have booked an electroplating unit in Kurar village, Malad East, on the charge of stealing power worth Rs 1.33 crore over a period of three years and nine months from Adani electricity. The First Information Report (FIR) was registered on June 13 after Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd uncovered that the commercial unit had bypassed metering to use electricity through the three-phase main distribution line.

According to the FIR at the Kandivli police station, Jaini Traders, at Kurar Village, was found stealing power. The accused, Hansa Ramesh Bhushan, Prabhu Ratan Gami, Nilesh Mansukhlal Kamdar and Subhash Ramji Gupta have been booked under Sections 135 and 150 of the Electricity Act - 2003.