New Delhi’s electricity thieves
India’s capital New Delhi has long suffered from a particular crime: electricity theft. For a fee, residents and businesses can hire electricians to bypass meters and plug directly in to the grid for free. But the private companies now running New Delhi’s power plants have started to fight back. Reporter Elliot Hannon takes us on a power raid outside New Delhi.
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