India, June 24 -- Following an inspection after the electrocution of an eight-year-old girl in Rasta Peth on June 2, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has found 98 illegal electricity connections drawn from its streetlight network with nearly one-third of them powering religious establishments across the city, officials from the civic administration said on Monday.

The municipal body survey conducted in the wake of the fatal incident found that 29 of these unauthorised connections were traced to religious premises, including temples, community prayer halls, and a Buddha Vihar. The connections were directly tapped from streetlight poles without permission, posing grave safety risks and contributing to revenue losses for PMC.

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