Batiaghata Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Billal Hossain Khan was sued for embezzling money from the fund of a sacrificial animal market.
Rabindranath, a resident of Ameerpur village field the case yesterday with Khulna court against the UNO and Jalma UP chairman Gofur Molla in connection with the embezzlement.
Sources said more than Tk 20 lakh had been embezzled from the fund by them.
The sources also said they had set up the sacrificial market in Progoti High School playground defying the law.
The district commissioner was not concern about setting up the market and no tender was invited.
The sacrificial market committee chairman Abdur Gofur Molla said: “ Tk20 lakh has been earned from the market.”
The money was not sent to revenue fund and it was provided among the share holders of the market, he said.
Mizanur Rahman, secretary general of the market committee said, no money was misappropriated. The total money was spent according to the order by Abdul Gofur.
The court sources said the case was filed against the UNO and UP chairman under section 409.
