EC to monitor SCC polls through CCTV: CEC

SYLHET, June 10 (UNB): All polling stations in Sylhet City Corporation will be monitored by closed-circuit TV cameras (CCTV), said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday.

"The election will be monitored through CCTVs from Dhaka. If a voter faces any kind of trouble while casting a vote, you will raise your voice. We will take measures from there," he said.

The CEC came up with the remarks while speaking at a view-exchange meeting over the SCC election at Jalalabad Gas Auditorium in Mendibagh of the city.

Regarding EVM, Habibul Awal said, many people talk a lot about EVM but its testing ended long ago. "In the EVM system, no one can vote for others. If someone can prove it, I will take liability for this."

Meanwhile, police on Saturday arrested three people who staged showdown with arms in front of a ward councillor candidate in the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) election.

The arrestees are Atikur Rahman, 42, Juber Ahmed, 38, and Nuruzzaman, 34, hailing from different areas of the city.