'Theft of Power' lands Electric-Car Driver in Jail

As per a report:

A Georgia man found himself in handcuffs after charging his electric car outside a middle school where his son was playing tennis in what police alleged was unlawful “theft” of county power worth roughly five cents. 

Kaveh Kamooneh, of Decatur, said he was attending a Saturday morning tennis practice session for his 11-year-old son on Nov. 2 when he plugged in his electric car at a power outlet outside Chamblee Middle School. Kamooneh, 50, said he was alarmed when, soon after, he saw a police officer inspecting his Nissan LEAF.

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Where Dead are Stealing Power

Yes, It can happen only in India. Even the dead are said to be stealing electricity here and they have been accused of it. As per a report:

During a special drive against power thefts in Bihar, electricity department officials lodged a police complaint against Singhasan Choudhary and Ram Nagina Singh of Parari village in Rohtas district for stealing electricity last month. 

A police team that visited the village was stunned when villagers told it that both Choudhary and Singh had died long back. "While inquiring into a power theft case, we found two dead people were made accused in the case," police official Abhinandan Kumar Singh said.

According to police officials, the case was lodged on the basis of a statement by the electricity department's junior engineer Ajay Kumar Singh last month. Police officials were given copies of death certificates issued by the village panchayat. The certificates said Choudhary died in 2000 and Singh breathed his last in 2004. 

"Ajay, in a written complaint, submitted to the police, said he had visited the village along with four other employees and found Choudhary and Singh were consuming power without any authorised power connection," police said. In view of rampant power thefts, the state government constituted a Special Task Force and vigilance squads for special drive to check it.

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