A Bogra municipal councilor has been temporarily suspended after she had some cadres abduct a girl and her mother last year in order to avenge a brother-in-law who was accused of rape. The mother and daughter also had their heads forcibly shaven by the councilor. Following the incident, the councilor Marzia Hasan Rumki was temporarily suspended by Local Government Division Assistant Secretary Abdur Rouf Miya under Local Municipality Act 2009 Section 31 Clause 1. When word of this got out, the Councilor had the two women abducted and tortured on July 28 of last year. Bogra Mayor Advocate AKM Mahbubur Rahman said: “The letter making the temporary suspension effective was signed on March 8, but Assistant Secretary Abdur Rouf received it on March 18.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 21, 2018 20:26 UTC