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15 February 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Sirajganj

Hundreds of people in Sirajganj Pourasabha yesterday brought out a procession in the town protesting alleged corruption, irregularities and land grabbing by a woman ward councilor. They paraded the main streets of the town chanting slogans against her and demanding her immediate trial. Later, they submitted a memorandum to Sirajganj DC Humayun Kabir. A rally was held on the office premises of the DC where speakers declared her "unwanted" in the town. They said the woman ward councilor used to collect illegal toll in exchange for cards for elderly allowance and vulnerable group development (VGD). She also illegally grabbed land of a businessman at Dhandbandhi, they said. Contacted, the woman ward councilor refuted all the allegations.