Councillor of Ward No 12 of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) KM Shahidullah, also central vice-president of Swechchasebok Dal, vice-president of Barisal city BNP, panel-mayor and three-time elected councillor of BCC, has been suspended from his post of ward councillor. He was suspended as per section 12(1) of city corporation act 2009, as police submitted charge sheet against him for possessing illegal fire arms and ammunitions. A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-8) and police recovered a pistol with three rounds of ammunitions on January 16, 2016, from his house at Medical College Lane in the city. He was handed over to the police after he failed to show any legal documents of the recovered arms and ammunitions. Shakhawat Hossain, the then officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station, submitted the charge sheet under arms act against Shahidullah on June 17, 2016.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 28, 2016 13:30 UTC