Six BNP-backed BCC councilors suspended
STAFF REPORTER, Barisal
Six BNP-backed councilors of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) were suspended as charge-sheet against them was submitted in sabotage cases lodged in different times during anti-government movements.
Wahiduzzaman, chief executive officer of BCC, said a letter signed by Mahmudul Alam, deputy secretary of LGRD ministry, reached BCC in this regard on Tuesday.
They were suspended as per section 12(1) of BCC Act of 2009 after chargesheets in criminal cases was submitted against them as accused, the CEO of BCC said.
The suspended six councilors were: Syed Akbar, city BNP joint secretary and councilor of ward-7, Harunor Rashid, Kotwali BNP leader and councilor of ward-9, Mir Zahidul Kabir, city BNP organising secretary and district president of Swechchhwasbok Dal and councilor of ward-18, Firoz Ahmed, city BNP vice president and councilor of ward- 24, Ziauddin Shikdar, acting secretary of city BNP and councilor of ward-25 and Fariduddin, Kotwali BNP leader and councilor of ward no-26 of BCC.
Acknowledging the facts BCC mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal said during the suspension period another councilor will took charge of the ward as per law.
On the other hand, suspended councilor and acting secretary of city BNP Zia Uddin Sikdar said police filed politically motivated case against them and submitted chargesheet intentionally.
They will go to higher court against the suspension order.
