UP chairman sued for selling VGF, VGD rice
Md Nazrul Islam, chairman of Rangabali union parishad (UP) under Rangabali upazila in the district, has been sued for allegedly selling rice of Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) and Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) programmes in the black market.
Tapon Kumar Ghosh, upazila project implementation officer (PIO), filed the case with Rangabali Police Station on Thursday night.
According to the case, Nazrul received 93.61 MT of rice under VGF and VGD programmes to distribute among listed ultra poor people on July 7. But local people submitted a written complaint to the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) on the day alleging that the UP chairman had sold some rice in the black market.
The UNO then seized rice and sealed it in a local godown on the night of July 7.
That rice was weighed on July 12 in presence of UNO Md Farid Uddin, PIO Tapon Kemar Ghosh and officer-in-charge (OC) of Rangabali Police Station Md Monir Hossain. It was found that there was 90.37 MT of rice instead of 93.61 MT.
Md. Nazrul Islam denied the allegation, saying he didn't sell any rice.
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