Abbas' agents ousted: Afroza

Afroza Abbas, wife of BNP-backed mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas for Dhaka South City Corporation, was unable to cast her vote as she had to rush to different polling stations after receiving complaints of many polling agents of Abbas being "ousted" from the centres, party insiders said.

"I have decided not to cast my ballot, as many voters complained that they were not allowed to cast their votes. So, I decided not to cast my vote as well," said Afroza, speaking to reporters during her visit to different polling stations.

She alleged that she could not find a single polling agent with Abbas' election symbol 'mug' during her visit to about 50 polling stations.

She confronted some agents masquerading as Abbas' agents, but in reality, they were ruling party men, she said.

Afroza also alleged that at least nine of their agents were arrested at different polling stations.