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UZ chairman candidate held in Rangpur

Monday, 19 May 2014


Police arrested an upazila (UZ) parishad chairman candidate for violating electoral code of conduct on the eve of balloting in a polling centre in Pagla Pir area under Rangpur Sadar upazila on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Masud Rana, 45, a chairman candidate from Sadar upazila. Abdul Kader Jilani, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said police arrested Masud Rana while distributing money to buy votes in the area around 2:30am. Detail of the incident could not be known immediately, according to UNB.