The Dhaka South City Corporation has served 21 ward councillors with show-cause notices to explain their absence from three consecutive board meetings.

The councillors, including two from reserved seats, were sent the notices on Oct 23, DSCC Secretary Mostofa Kamal Majumder told Bangla Tribune on Sunday (Oct 27).

The councillors have been seven working days to come up with a response, he said.

Several of the Dhaka ward councillors facing allegations of corruption have reportedly gone into hiding after the government launched the crackdown on illegal gambling, extortion, contract-grabbing and other wrongdoings, especially by the leaders of the ruling Awami League and its affiliates, in September.

According to law, the government can remove city corporation ward councillors if they skip three meetings consecutively without valid reasons.