AL men ransack REB office
Awami League (AL) activists yesterday ransacked the Rural Electrification Board (REB) office in Chatmohar upazila as the officials could not set a transformer immediately as per their demand.
The AL men also vandalised furniture and harassed the REB officials, said witnesses.
According to REB sources, a transformer under REB-1 in Mody Shalikha village went out of order on June 1.
Due to delay in repair, agitated people and activists, led by Dulal Mirza, join secretary of the Chatmohar upazila unit AL went to the REB-1 office at about 12pm and demanded replacement of the transformer immediately.
The REB officials charged Tk. 12 thousand for setting up the transformer but the AL men locked in an altercation with them.
At a stage, the AL men vandalised the AC, tables and other furniture of the office, said Abdul Matin, the General Manager of REB-1.
"The transformer was destroyed due to overloading. According to the REB rule, we have to replace it with new transformer charging fees from the subscribers. We requested them to pay only Tk. 12 thousand for that but they started bargaining. Then they ransacked our office and harassed us," he said.
The REB later filed a petition with Chatmohar police station against 9 AL leaders including Dulal Mirza, REB sources told.
Contacted, officer-in-charge of Chatmohar police station Sayed Shahid Alam said that the case was under process.
However, AL leader Dulal Mirza denied the allegations saying that the REB officials forced them to pay inflated amount for setting transformer.
"We told them that the subscribers are paying various charges but they are not getting proper service."
AL men did not ransack the office, Dulal said.
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