Syed Jahangir Alam, Mayor of Dinajpur Municipality and Joint Organizing Secretary of Rangpur Division of BNP, has been suspended.
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives informed this information through a notification on Wednesday evening.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has also been requested to take legal action against Syed Jahangir in the notification signed by Mohammad Farooq Hossain, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry's Local Government Division, Town-1 Branch.
In the notification against Jahangir Alam, administrative inefficiency in collection and payment of lease, 2 crore 47 lakh 59 thousand taka tender without instructions against the allocation of 64 lakh taka in the fiscal year 2017-2018 and adjustment of it without tender from the allocation of the next three years, 1.5 lakh for the assistance of the needy in the fiscal year 2020-2021 Irregularities in the distribution of Tk 14 lakh 32 thousand, appointment of 193 master roll employees without following the rules, non-implementation of the Deputy Commissioner's decision on battery-powered easy bikes, spending of the collected money as desired in the salary and allowance sector, no action to collect Tk 11 lakh 62 thousand for the rent of 61 billboards of the municipality. This decision was taken after receiving the truth of the allegations of non-payment of Tk. 24 crore electricity bill for municipal land rent to Dinajpur Electricity Department, Tk. has been
In another letter of the Ministry sent to the ACC Secretary, as the seven allegations of the investigation report against Mayor Jahangir have been proved, legal action has been taken against him.
In this regard, Jahangir Alam said, I do not know anything about the dismissal. In 2012 and 2015, ACC investigated and exonerated me. I will be exempted from this complaint. The government sent me to jail for forgery of 1 kg 400 grams of rice. My only crime is that I am a BNP member and I am being slandered as a mayor elected from BNP.
