AL leader released after quizzing; EC sues Jubo league leader

Police have released a local Awami League leader in Chattogram's Boalkhali upazila, who was detained over a missing ballot unit of an Electronic Voting Machine from a polling centre during the by-polls to the upazila chairman post.

Ratan Chowdhury, president of AL's Jayshtapura union unit, detained yesterday afternoon, was later released hours after quizzing, said Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Boalkhali Police Station.

"Ratan retrieved the machine and was going to return it. Law enforcers detained him on his way to the polling centre. He was released after quizzing," said the OC.

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AL leader held after taking away EVM panel from centre

Meanwhile, the Election Commission today filed a case against a local Jubo League leader Nirmalendu Dey Sumon for taking away the ballot unit.

Sajal Das, presiding officer of the Jaystyapura Ramani Mohan High School polling centre, filed the case with the Boalkhali Police Station around 1:00am.

Nirmalendu, is the joint convener of JL's Sreepur union unit, said Rafiqul Islam, the organisation's central presidium member.

"It was a totally unexpected incident. Our chairman and secretary general would look into it and take action as per the constitution of the organisation," Rafiqul Islam told The Daily Star.

According to the case statement, Jubo League leader Nirmalendu ran away with the EVM ballot unit from the polling centre yesterday afternoon during the by-polls.

Chattogram District Election Officer Jahangir Hossain said "We have already filed a case against Nirmalendu and instructed police to take stern action over the incident."