Mayor held in Rajshahi over VGF rice irregularities

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UNB, Rajshahi :
Police arrested Tanore municipal mayor Mizanur Rahman Mizan from municipality bhaban on Thursday noon for irregularities in VGF (Vulnerable Group Feeding) rice distribution.
Mamunur Rashid, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Tanore upazila, said rice was being distributed among people under VGF programme in the pouro bhaban for upcoming Eid on Thursday.
Following complaints by some beneficiaries, he went to municipality bhaban and found irregularities in rice distribution.
Later, police arrested mayor Mizan as per the UNO’s order, said Mirza Abdus Salam, officer-in-charge of Tanore Police Station.
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