BESCOM warns conmen selling LED bulbs

Team Udayavani, Jun 9, 2019, 10:30 AM IST

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Bengaluru: A warning lettter has been issued by the BESCOM against those who sell LED bulbs posing as BESCOM employees.

As per the press release by the BESCOM, there are some miscreants claiming to be employees of BESCOM office in Rajarajeshwari Nagar and selling LED bulbs exclusively at select division/subdivision offices of BESCOM along with BangaloreOne and KarnatakaOne centres.

All schemes initiated by the BESCOM are approved by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), after which they are made public through the media.

The press release further added that it has not authenticated any initiative of door-to-door sale of LED bulbs. They have requested consumers to be aware of this and not entertain those who do it illegally.

Speaking on the issue general manager of BESCOM Shiva Prasad said, “We request the citizens to not fall for this. If BESCOM comes up with any such scheme, it will be informed by the media.”