REB installs power line, thieves take away
Sizeable portions of a newly installed rural power supply line in Barisal, which is scheduled to be inaugurated by the prime minister on February 12, was stole by thieves twice in about 20 hours recently.
The Rural Electrification Board (REB) installed a 33 KV line from Khasherhat Muladi to Mehendiganj.
On January 18, thieves stole about two-kilometer live wire from the line, plunging the area into darkness.
As REB was installing it, thieves on the night of January 19, stole about one kilometre live wire from Alikhar Bazar to Hularhat Bazar.
REB officials said they are installing the line. They said it could be a sabotage ahead of the prime minister's visit.
The stolen wire is worth about Tk five lakh.
REB lodged a GD with Mehendiganj thana but police could neither recover the wire nor arrest any of the thieves.
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