Deputy Assistant Engineer Ifte Khairul Islam of the Lakshmipur Power Development Board (PDB) has been suspended following the circulation of a viral video in which he is allegedly seen demanding and accepting a bribe.
The suspension was confirmed on Wednesday evening (11 November) through an official letter signed by Boni Amin, Deputy Director-1 of the PDB’s Investigation and Discipline Directorate.
On 28 September, a video showing cash transactions and conversations related to a bribe involving Executive Engineer Nurul Amin of the same office had gone viral on social media.
The suspension order reads that a video clip of the Deputy Assistant Engineer of the Sales and Distribution Division of Lakshmipur PDB accepting cash as a bribe — in connection with electricity connection or meter installation, and in the presence of office staff and a customer — had been widely circulated on social media and in the mainstream media.
Accordingly, he has been placed under temporary suspension in line with service rules. During the suspension period, he will receive subsistence allowance as per regulations and will not be allowed to leave his workplace without prior permission from the controlling authority.
Denying the allegation, Ifte Khairul said, “This is completely false information. I have not engaged in any kind of illegal money transaction.”