BNP ward councillor of Barisal City Corporation suspended

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. Asma Begum, acting administrative officer of BCC, acknowledging the facts, said the suspension letter signed by Khalil Ahmed, deputy secretary of local government, rural development and cooperatives ministry, on August 23 reached BCC on Sunday noon. 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. Later, he was granted bail at a higher court. Shakhawat Hossain, the then officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station, submitted the charge sheet under arms act against Shahidullah on June 17, 2016.