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Told To Pay Power Dues, Man Roughs Up Maha Discom Staffer

Nagpur distric♉t police have registered a case against a 25-year-old man for allegedly manhandling a state electricity company employee in response to a pe🌄nding utility bill, they said. 

Told ♌To Pay Power Dues, Man R🌟oughs Up Maha Discom Staffer
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A case was registered against a 25-year-old man for allegedly manhandling an employee of🌜 the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL)  when he was asked to pay a pending electricity bill in Nagpur district, police said on Tuesday.

The incident occu♉rred in the A𝓀grasen Chowk area on Monday evening.  

"When the employee told the power consumption that if he failed to pay the pending bill of Rs 2,244, his power supply will be disconnected," a police offi♋cial said. 

A heated exchange e𝓰nsued during which the man manhandled the discom employee and threatened🦂 him with dire consequences if he disconnected his supply line. 

A case was registered un🍸der sections 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 506 🍬 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.