Rs 4,100-crore EPF scam: UP power employees begin 48-hour work boycott

Yogi government warns workers against arson, disrupting power supply

Uttar Pradesh power engineers and employees proceeded on a 48-hour work boycott’ on Monday against the illegal investment of more than Rs 4,100 crore of their provident fund (PF) corpus in scam-hit Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL).

The power employees are demanding the Yogi Adityanath government to issue a gazette notification undertaking to facilitate repayment of the unauthorised investment in the tainted company, which is being probed by the enforcement directorate (ED) for money laundering.

Meanwhile, the state government warned that police cases would be lodged against those indulging in arson or provoking other power employees who choose to