UP polls: Presiding officer among 4 held while distributing money

Published : Wednesday, 8 May, 2024 at 12:05 PM Count : 489

Observer Online Report

Police arrested four persons, including a presiding officer, in Sunamganj's Sullah upazila early Wednesday while distributing money on behalf of chairman candidate Aboni Mohan Das.

The incident happened some hours before the first phase of upazila parishad election.

Around 2am, police detained assistant presiding officer Opu Chandra Das and three others red-handed while distributing money among voters.

Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, the district election officer and Dirai-Sullah upazila returning officer, confirmed this.

The detained three others are Motabbir Hossain, Abdus Shahid and Abdul Khaleq. The are under police custody, Alamgir Hossain added.

He said that a new officer has been appointed in place of the detained presiding officer.

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