A court here today placed two more employees of Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) on a two-day remand each in a sedition case filed on charges of their involvement in destabilizing the power sector. Report BSS
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Akhteruzzaman passed the order as police produced the duo before the court with prayer for 10 days remand.
The remanded PBS employees are- Deputy General Manager (DGM) Ali Hasan Mohammad Ariful Islam, 48, and Assistant General Manager of Brahmanbaria SK Shakil Ahmed, 31.
Earlier on Thursday, another court of Dhaka placed six PBS officers on a three-day remand each in two separate cases.
The six officers 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 Thursday (October 17).
