The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry has suspended a Union Parishad (UP) chairman and two UP members over irregularities in relief distribution.

 LGRD Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Thursday. So far, 52 public representatives have been suspended for misappropriating relief materials. Among them, there are 19 UP chairmen, 31 UP members, one Zila Parishad members and a councillor of a municipality.

The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry has suspended a pouro councilor, a Union Parishad (UP) chairman and  a UP member on various allegations including embezzlement of relief materials and irregularities in relief distribution amidst the ongoing crisis of coronavirus outbreak.