Armed assailants looted electrical equipment worth about Tk 19.26 million from an under-construction power grid substation in Baraigram upazila of Natore late Wednesday night. The incident occurred at the Khazurtala area of Joari Union, where four night guards were tied up before the looters took away batteries, copper wires, and other materials. Police officials, including the Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Suman Kumar and Baraigram Circle’s Additional Superintendent Shovon Chandra Hor, visited the site on Thursday morning.
According to the sub-assistant engineer of the project, the substation is being built under Power Grid Company of Bangladesh PLC, with civil and electrical works ongoing. The electrical section is being handled by China National Wire and Cable Import Export Corporation (CC Company). The company’s local representative said the looters took 368 batteries, 2,000 meters of copper wire, and other items, also removing CCTV hard drives and guards’ mobile phones.
Police have begun an investigation, and a case is being prepared. Officials said the theft may delay the planned June inauguration of the substation, which was expected to supply power to several upazilas in Natore district.
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