UP Member Held With 1.59 Metric Tons of VGF Rice in Shariatpur

UP Member Held With 1.59 Metric Tons of VGF Rice in Shariatpur

Local administration today arrested a union parishad (UP) member along side 1.59 metric plenty of relief rice meant for Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme at Kuchaipotti Union Parishad in Shariatpur's Goshairhat upazila.

The arrestee, Mofassar Bepari, may be a ward member of Kuchaipotti Union Parishad, reports our correspondent quoting Md Alomgir Hossain, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Goshairhat.

 

UP Member Held With 1.59 Metric Tons of VGF Rice in Shariatpur

UNO Alomgir said some 27.68 metric plenty of VGF rice had been allocated to 692 fishermen in Kuchaipotti union, where each fisherman was expected to urge 40 kg of rice.

"Instead of 40kg, 34-35 kg of rice was being given to every fisherman and a surplus of 53 sacks of rice were misappropriated by ward member Mofassar and Chairman Nasir Uddin Swapon," said the UNO.

Chairman Nasir managed to evade arrest, added the UNO.

Contacted, Molla Shoheb Ali, officer-in-charge of Goshairhat police headquarters , said that a complaint has been filed against the chairman and ward member Mofassar during this connection.

Nasir couldn't be reached over the phone for his comments, despite several attempts till the filing of this report.