Rati Agnihotri and her husband booked for Electricity THEFT

Zonal deputy police commissioner Pravin Padwal has been quoted by TOI, "We have registered a case of electricity theft amounting to Rs 46.9 lakh.We are probing the issue."

The actress remained unavailable for comments but her husband has given a statement to the daily stating: "Neither me nor Rati nor my son Tanuj is in Mumbai right now. I was shocked when I learnt about the matter this afternoon. There has been some misunderstanding and I will address the issue when I return to the city. We have been living in this apartment building for nine or ten years and nothing of this sort has happened before. I am saddened that I was not given a chance to explain. The officials arrived and said they wanted to see the house so I called two of my staff members and allowed them in. I am completely taken by surprise."

Reportedly, the electricity was pilfered in a "sophisticated" manner and the BEST staff had to do a thorough surveillance to find out the tampered spot. They used electronic gadgets and other equipment to test the meter on the spot.

BEST chief vigilance officer R J Singh in his statement given to TOI has said: "At first glance, you will find no fault with the meter but when we removed it from its spot, we saw a small hole drilled on its rear. It was used to tamper with the meter and slow it down by up to 87%. We found that it was slow to show less consumption of power."