Man Jailed over PMO Red Phone Cable Theft

A Dhaka court on Friday ordered the imprisonment of a man named Mahbub Hasan (34) in a case filed over the theft of copper wires from the red telephone connection of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) located in the Secretariat.

Police produced the accused before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka on the same day. 

Following his presentation, the investigating officer of the case sought his detention in jail until the completion of the ongoing investigation. 

After the hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Didarul Alam ordered his detention.

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Earlier, on June 5, Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Hasan Shahadat had granted a five-day remand for two other arrested accused in the same case, identified as Ranjan Chandra (26) and Rizakul Islam (32). After the completion of their remand period, they are also currently in jail custody.

According to the case statement, between May 22 and June 1, copper cables (100/0.4 pair BTCL cables), measuring approximately 110 metres and worth about BDT 105,000, were stolen from the roofs of buildings 1, 2, and 3 of the old Secretariat building.

Following the incident, the Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) filed a case with the Shahbagh Police Station on June 4 against unknown persons regarding the theft.