UP member thrashes woman for asking for VGF rice in Noakhali

❐ Local correspondent

A woman named Kohinur Begum (37) has been accused of beating a woman with a shoe in Subarnachar, Noakhali, over the issue of asking for a VGF card.

The incident took place in front of a computer shop adjacent to the Charjubali Union Parishad of the upazila at around 2 pm yesterday.

Accused Nasima Begum is a reserved women UP member of wards 7, 8 and 9 of Charjubali Union. Victim Kohinur Begum is the daughter of Joyal Abedin of Joyal Sardar’s house of ward 4 of the same union.

Kohinur Begum complained, “My husband is suffering from cancer. One of my daughters fell ill and died a few days ago.” Hearing about the distribution of rice by VGF among the poor and needy on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, I went to the local UP member Mohammad Manjurul Alam for a card. He asked me to stay in the Union Parishad and went home.

Later, I went to the computer shop adjacent to the Union Parishad and told them that Member Manjurul did not give me a rice slip. When the vote came, they went home and called their aunts. When the vote came, I would not vote for them again.

At that time, the female UP member was sitting behind the computer shop. I did not see her. Later, the female UP member Nasima Begum came out from behind the computer shop in anger and beat me with her shoe.

However, Nasima Begum denied the allegations and said, “That woman behaved badly. When she pulled on my burqa, I pushed her away. There was no incident of shoe-tapping. You guys should check the news and see if I can do such a thing.”

Charjubli Union Acting Chairman Md. Ibrahim Khalil said, “That woman is not a resident of my union, I don’t know her. She came during the rice distribution and abused me a lot. I heard about the chaos in the market later.”

Subarnachar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Aqib Osman said, “I have heard of such a thing. The identity of the woman has not yet been fully identified. Legal action will be taken after identifying the identity and taking action on the complaint.”