Map of Comilla districtAlthough local influentials and affluent people provided relief from their private savings in the union under Debidwar upazila, there was no government relief allocated for the poor, said the victimA youth was mercilessly assaulted for questioning the union administration's role in distributing government relief products to the needy in Gunaighor-north union of Comilla's Debidwar upazila. He was beaten up in front of the temporary office of Gunaighor-north union parishad chairman Khorshed Alam, on Sunday. "Although local influentials and affluent people provided relief from their private savings in the area, there was no government relief allocated for the poor. Local UP member Abdur Jobbar of ward no-2 said: "No one in my area had been deprived of government allocated relief. The UNO asked me about the way government relief was distributed.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 26, 2020 16:41 UTC