Dhaka, May 7 -- The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday carried out an operation at the Dhaka Electricity Supply Company, or Desco, at its Banani office following allegations that the public sector utility is causing unnecessary suffering to consumers over new electricity connection, meter receipt and load increase.

The operation was conducted in connection with the volume of allegations logged by Desco customers on the ACC Hotline (106 from any phone registered in Bangladesh).

The ACC team's "operation" fizzled out though, as they settled into what turned out to be a long conversation with Desco executive engineer Md Touhidul Islam, focusing mainly on long overdue, tired and obvious issues such as the need for 'system developmen...