Cumilla, April 18 -- A court here on Thursday granted bail to day-labourer Abdul Matin of Muradnagar upazila who was arrested for not paying an outstanding electricity bill although he has no power connection in his house.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Sohel Rana passed the order after Advocate M Sanaullah, district project officer of Bangladesh Legal and Services Trust (BLAST), prayed for his bail.

Matin, a day-labourer of Mochagorah village in Muradnagar, was arrested on Tuesday night and subsequently sent to jail in a case filed for not paying outstanding electricity bill although there is no electricity in his house.

Meanwhile, Cumilla Palli Bidyut Samity-1 formed a two-member committee to investigate the incident. The committee was as...