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DHAKA, Oct 21, 2024 (BSS)- A court here today sent eight officials of the Rural Electrification Board (REB) to the jail after ending their remand and rejecting the bail petitions in a sedition case.

The Investigation Officer (IO) of the case today produced the accused before the CMM court after ending their remand and prayed for granting their jail custody till the end of the investigation of the case.

Lawyers of the REB officials prayed for their bail and opposed the custody prayer. Metropolitan Magistrate Ragib Noor after hearing both the sides, ordered to send them to jail rejecting the bail petitions.

The accused who were sent to jail are-Assistant General Manager (AGM) of Munshiganj Palli Bidyut Samity Rajon Kumar Das, Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Nabinagar-Brahman Baria Palli Bidyut Samity Asaduzzaman Bhuiyan, DGM of Cumilla Dipok Kumar Singh, DGM of Sripur zone of Magura Md Rahat, AGM of Netrakona Monir Hossain, Belal Hossain of Sirajganj Palli Bidyut Samity-2, DGM of Luxmipur Palli Bidyut Samity Ali Hasan Md Ariful Islam and AGM (IT) of Brahman Baria Palli Bidyut Samity S K Sakil hmed.    

Director Admin (Legal Wing) of the REB headquarters Arshad Hossain lodged a sedition case with Khilkhet thana on October 17 under cyber security act on the allegation of their involvement in creating anarchy and unrest in the energy sector.

The REB authorities alleged that a section of its officials in connivance with each other and at the instigation of the cohorts of the ousted government hatched conspiracy to destabilize the emergency service like power sector since 28th January last.

They were also engaged in various destructive and sabotage acts under the supervision of local and foreign vested quarters, the FIR of the case narrated.

The ill motive was the part of their conspiracy to destabilize the interim government settled down through the anti-discrimination student-people mass upsurge in July-August, it added.
 
Ulterior motive of the subversive activities was to defame the interim government by tarnishing the image of the REB and damage the power sector which is equal to sedition against the country, the FIR said.