Six employees of Rajbari Palli Bidyut Samity were beaten up by some of the establishment’s clients, in the district’s Baliakandi upazila, on Sunday.
Rajbari PBS Assistant General Manager (Finance) Boniar Rahman said: “Around 1pm, some of our Baliakandi upazila officials visited one Jhantu Biswas’s shop in Bohorpur Bazaar to suspend the power supply to his shop as he had bills pending for three months.”
“15-20 people attacked them with lethal weapons and left them injured. Of the six, three are in severely critical condition,” he added.
The injured officials are Deepok Dev, Mithu Chandra Roy, Bulbul Fakir, Atikur Rahman, Bipul Baroi and Bejamin Haider.
Chanchal Biswas, a local client said: “We are suffering from frequent load shedding which is hampering our businesses, that is why we are not paying the bills regularly.”
“Moreover, the employees demand extra money for reconnecting lines. As a result, the employees are facing such attacks from the locals in these areas,” he said.
Sources in the samity said some employees were attacked seven days ago for similar reasons.
District General Manager of Rajbari Palli Biddyut Samity Altaf Hosain said: “There is no load shedding in the area, we are trying our best to supply enough power to all households.”
Baliakandi police station Officer-in-Charge Abu Shama Mohammad Iqbal Hayat said some previously established enmity over disconnecting the power lines could be a possible reason behind the attack. A case was filed.
