UP chairman who beat up farmer held in Natore

Law enforcers today arrested a union parishad (UP) chairman for allegedly beating up a farmer in Lalpur upazila of Natore as the farmer called a helpline number and sought relief.

The arrestee is Abdus Sattar, chairman of Arjunpur Baramahati Union Parishad in Lalpur, said Liton Kumar Saha, superintendent of police (SP) in Natore.

While addressing a press conference at his Natore office this noon, the SP said the law enforcers have been looking for Sattar for the last two days and were able to arrest him from Ishwardi area under Pabna district around 10am today.  

Farmer Shahidul Islam, resident of Angaripara village of the union parishad, has been passing his days amid hardship due to the effect of coronavirus outbreak, according to the police official.

On April 10, he called helpline number 333 and sought relief for his survival and upon hearing this, the UP chairman brought the farmer to his UP office on April 12 and along with his associate, beat him up, the SP said at the press conference.

On April 13, the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Lalpur issued a show-cause notice as the incident went viral on social media.

On April 15, Shahidul filed a case with Lalpur Police Station against UP Chairman Abdus, ward members Reza and Md Rubel in this connection.