Ghostly electricity bills

I have been living in a rented apartment in Sector 3, Uttara, since 2012. In March 2013, we detected some abnormalities in our electric bills. At first, we didn't bother with it as it was only a thousand taka more than usual. However, it then gradually started to increase by at least Tk 600-800 each month, despite the fact that we did not increase electricity usage. 

At one-point last year, my monthly electricity bill reached Tk 7,000-8,000. I suspected that something wrong and went to DESCO many times, but they did not provide any remedies. 

I have seen a number of newspaper reports about such strange cases and would like to urge the authorities to clarify the confusions that consumers are having across the country.

Sharmin Ahmed, Uttara