Parts of Six BESCOM transformers installed in residential layout stolen

Yogesh K Porwar

Parts of the Six BESCOM transformers installed in residential layouts in Devanahalli has been stolen .

BESOM Engineer,Muniraju,filed a complaint with the police on Monday.

According to him the miscreants pulled down the transformers and damaged to remove the winding core and oil from the tranformers.

The incident came to light when linemen, Kalindra and Umesh were on rounds and recovered the damaged transformers and alerted Muniraju.

The transformers are 100 and 250 KV capacities installed to supply power to residential layouts,he said .

Since the transformers are heavy to carry they dumped the structure and took away the expensive parts,he said .

Based on the complaint the police have taken up a case and keeping a track on the junk shops to track down the accused .