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.