India, Oct. 29 -- Sixteen people were booked for alleged electricity theft in Dujana village of Greater Noida after a joint enforcement team detected unauthorised power use at their premises during a checking drive on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday.

The team detected power theft involving a combined connected load of 43.72 kilowatts (kW) during the operation in the area supplied by the Dujana feeder, identified as a high-loss feeder, said Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) officials.

"Electricity theft was detected at 16 premises, with the combined load involved in the cases assessed at 43.72 kW. FIRs are being registered against all 16 accused under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003, at the Anti-Power Theft po...