A UP member was jailed at Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga district for obstructing voters from entering polling centre.
Abu Siddiq is member of ward no 2 under Kurargachhi union parishad in Damurhuda upazila.
Police arrested UP member Abu Siddiq, who was working for chairman candidate Ali Mansur Babul, for barring voters from entering Chandipur Government Primary School centre in the morning.
Later, a mobile court led by executive magistrate and assistant commissioner Saiful Islam sentenced him to seven days in jail, said Jakia Sultana, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) in Damurhuda-Jibannagar circle.
She said the law enforcers also arrested Shakhawat Hossain, a supporter of Jibannagar upazila chairman candidate Hafizur Rahman, for restricting voters from casting votes at Katapole Government Primary School centre in Jibannagar upazila in the morning.
Shakhawat was taken to the concerned police station and legal actions against him were underway, the ASP said.
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