Illegal water connection: Rs 2 lakh fine paid

HYDERABAD:

Tenants

of an AP-based IPS officer have paid a

penalty

of Rs 2,24,320 to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB).

A report pertaining to the illegal water connection in the IPS officer’s house appeared in these columns.

On August 18, the vigilance wing of HMWS&SB conducted a raid on the residence of IPS officer Tushar Aditya Tripathi at

Prashasan Nagar

,

Jubilee Hills

, and found an illegal water connection. An FIR was filed against tenants — Bhaskar Raju and

Madhu Varma

, he said.