UNO Hosne Ara in Trouble After Rejecting Alleged Improper Proposal by Jamaat-Affiliated DC

BD Digest Report

Hosne Ara, the former Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) of Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila, has been transferred from Satkhira to Rajshahi. This incident has once again sparked discussions and criticism across the country.

This information was given in a notification signed by Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration Md. Barman Hossain on Sunday (April 5).

The notification said that Hosne Ara has been withdrawn from the Upazila Nirbahi Officer and assigned to the Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner’s office for further posting as Senior Assistant Commissioner.

Earlier, last Friday, an audio clip of UNO Hosne Ara against Jhenaidah Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Al Masud went viral on social media, creating a huge stir across the country.

In the audio that has been circulated, UNO Hosne Ara can be heard talking to a local journalist on his mobile phone. There, he told the journalist that Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Al Masud made him (UNO) various immoral offers, including money. When he did not agree to them, he was illegally transferred.

UNO said, “He has all the bad faults that a person can have. He touches the feet of the minister and grabs the neck of Jamaat. He has no character. He commits corruption worth lakhs of taka.”

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He also said, ‘He is a bad person. Why should we stay with him at night? He repeatedly asked the council to take illegal allocations. I did not agree to that.

“He asked me to leave here quickly with my two sick children.”
He had been transferred from Jhenaidah to Satkhira lockup a few days before the incident.

District Conscious Society representative and human rights activist Anwaruzzaman Azad said, “Where the current government is talking about good governance and empowerment of women, such behavior towards a female UNO is not desirable in any way. A few days ago, she was transferred from Jhenaidah to Satkhira lockup. Today, she has been transferred again to Rajshahi. This is very unfortunate. I think that after the release of that audio clip, Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Al Masud may have done this out of anger. The concerned should investigate the matter.”

UNO Hosne Ara declined to comment on the matter.