[1] Bangladesh Police detained mayor Md Abdul Baten on 21 March 2008 on corruption charges.
[4] The Daily Star reported he was suspended but returned to office before the case could be dispose.
[4] The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives suspended the mayor of Bera Municipality Abdul Baten for assaulting Upazila Nirbahi Officer Asif Anam Siddiquee in October 2020 after demanding a share of the revenue from the local port.
[6] The mayor had also been running a private illegal port.
[7] It was destroyed by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority in December 20019.