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UP chairman held for VGF rice misappropriation

Sunday, 17 February 2008


JHENIDAH, Feb 16 (UNB): Chairman of Nittanandapur Union Parishad under Shailakupa Upazila here was arrested Friday on charge of misappropriating VGF rice.
The arrested chairman was identified as Chand Ali.
Local people informed Shailakupa Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mahmudul Hossain Khan that chairman Chand Ali sold some VGF rice in the black market depriving the cardholders.
Later, the UNO visited the UP office in the morning and found that three 50-kilogram bags of rice missing from total allocated 78 bags. Police later arrested the chairman. A case was filed in this connection.