3,500-metre electricity cable stolen.

GUJRAT -- At least 3,500 metres long high voltage cable worth around Rs4.5m was stolen by 14 unidentified suspects near the Machiwal area in the Daulat Nagar police precincts.

The armed suspects also resorted to firing at the staff of the contractor firm who tried to resist the theft; however, the staff remained unhurt and fled the scene.

Reports said a Lahore-based contractor firm had been laying the high transmission cable wire of 132kV from the Daulat Nagar Grid Station to Lalamusa city under the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) while some 80pc of the work had been completed.

Two days ago, at least 14...

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