They were happy that henceforth no one would demand a share from the doles.

Earlier on the day, ruling party MP Amzad Hossen Sarker who was chief guest at the allowance distribution ceremony at Syedpur asked the 568 recipients not to bribe any one to get the elderly allowance.

But their happy mood disappeared when they reached the Rangpur-Dinajpur road. Their Union Parishad member Badsha burst forth all of a sudden and demanded half of the money they got, reminding them that their names were included in the list of recipients on condition of a fifty-fifty share.

As they refused, Badsha snatched Tk 700 from Zobed Ali. Bachhiruddin had handed over the money to somebody else for safety. As he had no money, Badsha snatched his elderly allowance card. The incident happened on Wednesday.

Next day, Zobed Ali, 75, file a case against Badsha with Syedur thana. Police arrested him on that night from Hazari Hat.

This opened the pandora's box. Many elderly people who got elderly allowance in the union are now demanding return of the amounts taken by UP leaders as share or bribe or to face Badsha's fate.