Abu Sayeed's charges against rival Tuku

Former state minister for information Prof Abu Sayeed, an independent candidate in Pabna-1 constituency, has alleged that his rival AL candidate advocate Shamsul Haque Tuku, state minister for home, is exerting influence on the local administration in his favour.
“The returning officer is spineless and the superintendent of police and officers-in charge of three police stations under the constituency have sided with Tuku. So, their activities have raised doubts over the impartiality of January 5 election for the JS seat,” Prof Sayeed said while addressing a press conference at Pabna Press Club yesterday.
He demanded the immediate removal of the state minister for home in the interest of a peaceful and impartial election in Pabna-1 constituency.
Sayeed claimed that Tuku's men assaulted his election agent Mahamud Hossain at Nandanpur Bazar in Santhia upazila on December 26 and his campaigners in Dhulauri Bazar in the upazila on December 27.
“The supporters of the rival candidate foiled my election rally at Sonatol Bazar in Santhia upzila on December 31 and the officer-in-charge of Bera Police Station along with the candidate's men raided the houses of my activists at Sanila village in the upazila on Wednesday (January 1),“ Sayeed alleged.
He said three officers-in-charge of Santhia, Bera and Ataikula police stations are working as campaigners of Tuku and have threatened my activists with arrest. He urged the authorities concerned to withdraw the police officers immediately to ensure a peaceful and impartial election in the constituency.