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Abu Taleb, a 49-year-old UP president, was fired for marrying a ninth-grade student.
Abu Taleb, the 49-year-old Union Parishad (UP) president who married a ninth-grade student in Kurigram’s Ulipur upazila, was fired. Last Tuesday, a letter signed by the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives issued a notification of his temporary cessation. The notification was posted on the ministry’s website on Thursday.
Earlier on the evening of November 1, Abu Taleb Sarkar, president of the Buraburi union of the upazila, married Barnita Osman Barni, 15, a ninth-class student of the union. The wedding photo was spread on social networks Facebook and began to be highly criticized in the area. At the time, despite the UP president publicly performing child marriage, the administration did not take any legal action, sparking an angry reaction in the minds of the people. At that time, after the matter was published in various newspapers, the administration formed an investigative committee.
Subsequently, as the matter was proven in the local investigation, the Kurigram Deputy Commissioner recommended taking action against the President of the UP under article 34 (1) of the Local Government (Union Parishad) Act 2009. In this context , last Tuesday, the Senior Undersecretary of the Council of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives. It was suspended in a letter signed by Abu Jafar Ripon.
Ulipur Upazila Nirbahi (UN) officer Nur-e-Jannat Rumi confirmed the matter. “She is fine.
In this regard, the president of Buraburi UP, Abu Taleb Sarkar, said: “I am not aware of the issue of dismissal. I first heard it from you.
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