Mongla mayor removed
Mongla mayor Molla Abdul Jalil has been removed on charge of corruption. He received an official letter in this regard from Ministry of LGRD on July 3. Ward councilor Shafiqur Rahman has been asked to take over as acting mayor. Molla Jalil was elected mayor of Mongla pourasava on May 5 in 2004 on BNP ticket. He is still senior vice president of Mongla muncipality unit of BNP. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed four separate cases against him in November and December of 2008 with Mongla police station accusing him of misappropriation of fund and other malpractices.
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