Common service centre operator booked for defrauding man of Rs 15,000 in UP's Ballia

BALLIA (UP): (Feb 28) An operator of a power department-contracted common service centre was booked for allegedly defrauding a consumer of Rs 15,000 here, police said on Saturday.

The FIR was lodged at Nagra police station on Friday evening against the accused, Deepak Rao, based on a complaint filed by Jai Prakash Yadav, junior engineer of the Salempur power sub-station.

According to police, a consumer named Lallan Rajbhar had handed over Rs 15,000 to Rao to be deposited under a power bill relief scheme. However, the operator allegedly registered only Rs 2,000 and pocketed the remaining amount.