Syeda Roksana Islam Chameli, a reserved-seat councillor of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), has been suspended for allegedly beating Ward Councillor Farid Uddin Ahmed Ratan with a shoe in front of the mayor during a board meeting.

The information was revealed through a notification issued by the LGRD ministry today, signed by Mohammad Shamsul Islam, deputy secretary of the city corporation-1 branch of the ministry.

It stated that Chameli was suspended for her "indecent" and "insolent behaviour".

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Councillor beats colleague at DSCC meeting

At a DSCC board meeting on Monday, Chameli reportedly got up from her seat and beat Ratan with a shoe.

Recently, she was expelled from the Awami League after a video of her went viral on social media.

She was an executive member of AL's south city unit.