A Rajshahi mobile court on Saturday sentenced 11 Awami League men, including a municipality mayor, to five-day imprisonment each for violating electoral code of conduct in Durgapur upazila of the district.
A mobile court headed by executive magistrate Mohammad Kawsar Hamid handed down the verdict, reports BSS.
The convicts include Durgapur Municipality Mayor Tofazzol Hossain and Jhaluka Union Parishad chairman Mojahar Ali. All of them are leaders and activists of different units of local Awami League.
Officer-in-charge of Durgapur Police Station Abdul Motaleb said police arrested them while they were holding a secret meeting to carry out subversion activities in the municipality area ahead of the first phase of the upazila parishad election to be held on Sunday.
Police seized a licensed pistol from the possession of Tofazzol Hossain for not surrendering to police before the stipulated time, he said.
In the election, existing UP chairman freedom fighter Nazrul Islam will contest as AL nominated candidate with Nouka symbol while Abdul Majid Sardar will run as independent one.
11 AL men face jail term over electoral code violation in Rajshahi
FE Team | Published: March 09, 2019 20:15:44 | Updated: March 10, 2019 09:37:35
11 AL men face jail term over electoral code violation in Rajshahi
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