MEERUT, Feb. 1 -- A contractual lineman, fined twice in a single day for riding without a helmet, disconnected the power supply to the Bidauli police outpost under the Jhinjhana police station area in Shamli district after discovering that it was operating without a legal electricity connection. The disruption brought the functioning of the outpost to a halt.

According to reports, police personnel conducting a checking drive in front of the Bidauli outpost issued a challan of Rs.1,000 to Ashu Kumar, a contractual lineman with the electricity department, for riding a motorcycle without wearing a helmet on January 28 (Wednesday). When he returned via the same route about an hour later, he was issued another challan of Rs.1,000.

On Friday ...