KHAN GARH - The recovery officials of Mepco Khan Garh Subdivision were held hostage and thrashed badly when they went to the house of defaulter to recover the outstanding dues. As per detail, Mepco Khan Garh Subdivision officials including LS II Syed Risalat Hussain Shah and ALM Muhammad Ramzan went to the house of a Mepco defaulter namely Abdul Hakeem, a resident of Basti Gul Wala. Abdul Hakeem was not present at home, however, the Mepco staff disconnected the power supply to his house and removed the electricity metre. Meanwhile, wife of Abdul Hakeem came out from the house and snatched the metre from the Mepco staff. Soon Shehbaz Monda along with his two other companions arrived there. They took the Mepco officials hostage and beat them up severely. The Mepco officials managed to go away after another staffer of Mepco intervened to settle the matter. The Mepco Khan Garh SDO has submitted an application to the Khan Garh Police for registration a case against Shehbaz Monda.