Two more PBS officials put on remand over destabilising power sector
Earlier on 18 October, a Dhaka court placed six PBS officials on a three-day remand each in two separate cases
A Dhaka court yesterday (19 October) placed two more employees of Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) on a two-day remand each in a sedition case filed on charges of their alleged involvement in destabilising the power sector.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Akhteruzzaman passed the order as police produced the duo before the court with prayer for 10-day remand.
The remanded PBS employees are - Deputy General Manager Ali Hasan Mohammad Ariful Islam, 48, and Assistant General Manager of Brahmanbaria SK Shakil Ahmed, 31.
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Earlier on 18 October, a Dhaka court placed six PBS officials on a three-day remand each in two separate cases.
The six officials are - Rajon Kumar Das, Asaduzzaman Bhuiyan, Dipak Kumar Singha, Rahat, Monir Hossain and Belal Hossain.
Of them, Belal Hossain was accused in a sedition case, while the five others were accused in the other case.
Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) Director (Admin) Arshad Hossain filed the cases against them with capital's Khilkhet Police Station on 17 October.
