Experts have predicted that illegal theft of electricity will only increase in the next few weeks as the festive season approaches. Already, local goons are stealing power from Reliance Energy distribution networks and forcing residents of various slums across the city, especially in the eastern and western suburbs, to procure illegal electricity connections from them.

So, even as 2.9 million people in the city pay through their noses each month for limited units of power, Mumbai's electricity mafia is distributing unlimited power for as less as Rs 200. Apparently, Reliance Energy has filed 120 complaints with cops.