MP aspirant lands in jail

Arrested independent candidate Syed Shafiqul Islam Minto was sent to jail yesterday.

He took part in the 11th parliamentary election from Mymensingh-6 (Phulbaria) constituency.

Minto was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Mymensingh with a five-day remand prayer but no hearing was held and the court sent him to jail, said Sheikh Kabirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Phulbaria Police Station. 

On Monday, detectives arrested Minto from the city for his alleged involvement in snatching away a pistol from an on-duty policeman and assaulting him at Telegram Government Primary School polling centre in Phulbaria on Sunday morning.

Later, Assistant Sub-Inspector Jahangir filed a case, accusing some 40 unnamed and 19 named people, including Minto.