4 including AL leader held
Police arrested a local Awami League (AL) leader in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat on Thursday evening allegedly for selling rice to well-off people instead of poor households at Awlai union violating a recent government order.
Recently, the food ministry prepared a policy to sell rice at Tk 10 per kilogramme to 50 lakh poor households at union levels during the lean periods of September-November and March-April.
Police said they found a list of 324 persons who were solvent and accused in arson cases and bought the rice from the arrestee, Abdul Khaleque, a ward member and president of AL ward no-8. Villagers also staged demonstrations protesting the anomaly on Wednesday.
In another raid, police arrested three persons, including a woman, and seized 480kg rice of the rice distribution programme, which they were selling to a trader for a higher price at a market in Panchbibi upazila yesterday.
The trio are Aminul Islam of Atapur village, Amena Begum of Angra village, and Sohel Rana of Purba Bajitpur.
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