Water board raids Hyderabad's Chintal Basti, books seven

HYDERABAD: As part of its drive against illegal water connections, the vigilance wing of the water board raided Chintal Basti in the wee hours of Wednesday. Seven property owners were found to be having illegal connections and criminal cases have been filed against all of them.
The accused were illegally drawing water from HMWS&SB’s main water pipeline, officials said.“Verification of records revealed that the accused had installed connection without the board’s permission,” vigilance wing inspector P Tirupathi told TOI.
A case was filed with the Saifabad police, he said. “Based on HMWS&SB manager of Chintal Basti, police have registered criminal cases under IPC sections 269 (negligence), 430 (mischief), 379 (punishment for theft) and PDPP Act, 1984,” he said.