Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited (NESCO) has suspended three of its officials after eight people were electrocuted by a live wire of the Power Development Board (PDB) in Kadai village of Sirajganj Sadarupazila on July 31.
The three suspended officials are security guard Nazrul Islam, driver Atowar Rahman Dablu, and engineer Obaidur Rahman. They were all suspended on Monday. Six other officials were also transferred elsewhere following the incident.
According to sources, a probe body formed concerning the electrocution incident on August 2 found the deaths were caused by the negligence of certain clients and officials of Northern Electricity Supply Company.
The NESCO probe body submitted its report to its Rajshahi zone chief engineer Rezaul Karim on August 27, said probe committee chief and NESCO’s Pabna regional superintendent engineer Abul Hossain.
The probe body found that company executive engineer, Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, assistant engineer Shahnewaj, deputy assistant engineer Banee Amin, and meter reader Nurul Huda, did not disconnect the power supply despite the connections being illegal and unsafe.
The report recommended those responsible be punished.
Eight people, including three schoolchildren, were electrocuted after they came in contact with power lines in the village of Kadai in Sirajganj Sadarupazila, on July 31.
The incident occurred when a shop made of corrugated iron sheets was being relocated from an area of low-lying land to a relatively higher place, and the shop was flooded, following a downpour.
Abul Hossain said they found that some clients had set up the illegal line in spite of knowing the dangers, and the officials concerned did not act against them, in spite of being informed about the matter.