A case of attack on a team of electricity employees has come to light in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Many employees including a female junior engineer were present in the team that went to collect the outstanding electricity bill. The mob chased the employees and beat them. Their clothes were torn and mobile phones were also snatched.

Electricity department employees were beaten up in Master Colony in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. The team that went to collect the outstanding electricity bill was attacked by local people. Many employees including a female junior engineer were present in the incident. The mob chased the employees and beat them. Their clothes were torn and mobile phones were snatched. Stones were also pelted on the department's vehicles.

JE Kailash Ahirwar said that the electricity department team had reached Bali Master Colony in Fatehpur area to publicize and collect the discount on the outstanding amount in the cases made under Section 135 in the Lok Adalat. During this, the team found cases of illegal use of electricity there. Taking action on this, the wires illegally connected to the transformer were removed. On this, some people of the colony, Rupesh Bedia, Jackie Bedia, Surendra Bedia, Sujit Bedia, Maunu Bhargava and Hariom Sharma protested and started arguing.

According to the employees of the electricity department, when they tried to explain that only the connections of consumers using electricity illegally are being removed, the said people started abusing. On protesting, the electricity employees were pushed and beaten up. In this incident, Saubhagya Lodhi, Ghanshyam Yadav, Manendra Pal and Gajendra Parihar were injured. The rear glass of the government vehicle was also broken. Assistant Manager Pooja Verma, Ravi Bhoj, Amil Khan and Mukesh Bhadauria tried to intervene, but the angry mob did not listen to them.

The mob chased and beat the employees. They tore their clothes and snatched their mobile phones. Some officers somehow escaped from there. They immediately informed the higher officials about the incident. Assistant Engineers Kailash Ahirwar and Pooja Verma have filed a written complaint in the police station. The police have started investigating the matter. On the complaint of the electricity department, the Kotwali police have registered a case against 6 named and some unknown people.