DERA GHAZI KHAN: Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) personnel have been taken hostage by area-residents for disconnecting illegal electricity connections.
According to the political administration at Fort Munro, area-residents enraged over the removal of ‘kundas’ (illegal connections) by MEPCO staff, have taken them hostage. The hostages include 17 members including one SDO. The MEPCO team was conducting a drive against electricity theft.
Source further add that the border military force has been called on, for securing the release of the MEPCO team.
