The Detective Branch of police arrested a UP chairman suspended for stealing rice of Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) programme from Khararia area of Narail's Kalia upazila on Friday.
The arrestee was the chairman of Perli Union Parishad Jarjid Molla, 52.
Kalia Upazila Nirbahi Officer Nazmul Huda said Molla embezzled 40 tonnes of VGD rice.
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Upazila Women’s Affair Office Supervisor Motiar Rahman filed a case against him on April 18.
He was arrested after Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) took the case into cognisance, he said.
Local Government Division on April 24 suspended Molla for plundering the rice allocated for underprivileged people suffering due to coronavirus fallout.