Municipality polls: Jubo League leader sentenced by mobile court in Chuadanga
A mobile court has sentenced a Jubo League leader and two of his associates to different terms in jail for their alleged involvement in threatening mayoral candidates in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga last night.
Chuadanga judicial magistrate sent them to jail in the afternoon today, our Kushtia correspondent reports.
The convicts are Jummat Mandol, a former member and also president of Hasadah Union Parishad unit of Jubo League in Jibannagar; and his aides -- Ayub Mandal and Pannu Mandal.
Of them, Jummat has been sentenced to two months in jail.
According to the mobile court, the three were asking votes for Awami League mayoral candidate for Jibannagar municipality Rafiqul Islam when they threatened the opposition candidates last night using a sharp weapon.
On information, the court led by executive magistrate Firoz Hossain rushed there and caught them red handed.
The election will be held in the municipality on February 14. Awami League nominated candidate Rafiqul Islam, BNP nominated candidate Shahjahan Kabir and Islami Andolan nominated Khokon Mia are participating in the polls.
Besides, nine candidates are contesting for the post of reserved councillor and 36 candidates are contesting for the post of general councillor.
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