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Police on Sunday registered a case against a senior official of a tea strainer manufacturing unit for alleged Rs 10 crore power theft since November 2011 by tampering an electricity meter.

State Vigilance department in the wee hours of Saturday, conducted a raid and detected an electricity theft at a Bombay Tea Strainers Mfg company at Sitafalwadi, Mazgoan.

The raiding team, headed by a senior officer, found 176KW connected load to the company and estimated loss in range of Rs 10 crore involving two Current Transformer meters. They are also suspecting a third meter and are further investigating.