Outraged by persistent power outages, locals set fire to Bazitpur Palli Bidyut (power) office in Kishoreganj Sunday night.
No one was injured in the incident.
Police said hundreds of power-starved people encircled the office and set fire to it pouring petrol around 9:30pm. At least four office rooms were burnt to ashes, said Golamur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bazitpur Police Station.
Fire fighters from Bazitpur station doused the flame after an hour of effort.
The agitating locals, demanding uninterrupted power supply, also kept in confinement Mohammad Mofizuddin, an engineer of the office, in his home for nearly two hours.
OC Rahman said Bazitpur people demonstrated against power outages that last over 16 hours a day in the area. The people demanded smooth electricity supply during Iftar and Sehri in Ramadan, he added.
The OC said additional police were deployed at the scene to avert further untoward incidents.
In another development, locals blocked Dhaka-Mawa highway near Mawa Super Market in Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj for 50 minutes, demanding uninterrupted power supply in Ramadan, police said. The agitation ended following intervention of local administration, they added.
Source : The Daily Star
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