BREB suspends 7 over electrocution of IUT students on picnic bus

Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) has suspended seven officials and staffers in connection with the deaths of three students of Islamic University of Technology (IUT) after being electrocuted on a picnic bus. 

Md Akmal Hossain, general manager of Mymensingh Palli Bidyut Samity-2, confirmed the matter on Sunday morning. The suspension was ordered on Saturday night. 

Those suspended are Deputy General Manager (DGM Sadar-Technical) of Mymensingh Palli Bidyut Samity-2 Kamlesh Chandra Barman, DGM of Mawna Zonal Office Khondokar Mahmudul Hasan, Assistant General Manager Md Tanvir Salauddin, junior engineer Matiur Rahman, Linemen Parvez Mia, Shakhawat Hossain and Abul Kashem. 
Three IUT students died from electrocution while 30 others suffered injuries when their Gazipur-bound picnic bus got electrified at Udaykhali in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Saturday morning.    —UNB