Police have registered a case against six tenants of a chawl in Maharashtra's Thane district on charges of power theft of Rs 3.25 lakh, officials said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI.

Officials of a power supply company visited the chawl (row tenement) at Nadi Naka in the Bhiwandi area for an inspection on January 23 and found the six tenants had drawn power directly from a nearby electric pole with the help of a wire, an official from Shanti Nagar police station said, reported PTI.