Powerloom owner gets 2-year jail, hefty fine for power theft
A court sentenced a powerloom owner in Bhiwandi to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2006 power theft case here in Maharashtra. District Judge P P Jadhav, who convicted the powerloom owner, Hayat Mohammad Najir Khan, in the case, also imposed a fine of Rs 8.75 lakh on him in an order pronounced last week. Besides Hayat Khan (52), two others Rajiuddin Anwarali Khan, 46, and Aashir Ahmad Mohammad Khalil Khan, 40, were also tried in the case, but were acquitted by the court for want of sufficient evidence.…
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