Agitators attack DC
The deputy commissioner of the district sustained injuries as agitated locals attacked him while demonstrating for smooth power supply in Ulipur upazila yesterday. According to police and locals, a few transformers of Palli Biddyut Samity were stolen within a week in Pachpir of Durgapur union under the upazila plunging the area into darkness. Over 500 residents of the area yesterday blocked Kurigram-Chilmari road at about 10:00am for electricity. DC Md Habibur Rahman and some officials, who were passing by the road, tried to pacify them. But an agitator hit the DC with a stick, leaving him injured.
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