Eight PBS officials sent to jail 

A Dhaka court has sent eight officials of the Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) to jail on completion of their remand period in a sedition case.

Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ragib Noor passed the order after rejecting bail petitions on Monday.

Earlier the investigation officer (IO) of the case produced the accused before the court and prayed for granting their jail custody till the end of the investigation into allegations.

The accused who were sent to jail are Assistant General Manager (AGM) of Munshiganj Palli Bidyut Samity Rajon Kumar Das, Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Nabinagar-Brahman Baria Palli Bidyut Samity Asaduzzaman Bhuiyan, DGM of Cumilla Dipok Kumar Singh, DGM of Sripur zone of Magura Md Rahat, AGM of Netrakona Monir Hossain, Belal Hossain of Sirajganj Palli Bidyut Samity-2, DGM of Luxmipur Palli Bidyut Samity Ali Hasan Md Ariful Islam and AGM (IT) of Brahman Baria Palli Bidyut Samity SK Sakil Ahmed.