Agri staff, UP member held for misappropriatingdiesel subsidy

An agriculture official and a Union Parisad (UP) member have been arrested on charge of misappropriating Tk 4 lakh government subsidy for diesel, intelligence sources said.
Mizanur Rahman, a sub-assistant agriculture officer in Modhupur upazila and Keramat Ali, a UP member of Aushnara union in the same upazila were arrested on Friday. They embezzled the money by showing fake Boro farmers at Mohishmara block under Aushnara union, police said. Later, they were sent to jail.