04:04 PM, December 21, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 09:04 PM, December 21, 2018

Jashore-2 BNP candidate arrested

BNP candidate for Jashore-2 constituency, Abu Shaeed Mohammad Shahdat Hossain, was arrested in connection with a case filed allegedly for creating anarchy in October.

Police arrested Shahdat, who also a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker, from his Purandapur village in Jhikargachha upazila this morning, our Benapole correspondent reports.

He, accused of several cases, will be produced before the court later in the day, said Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Jhikargachha Police Station.

OC Razzak said that they made the arrest as Shahdat did not comply with a High Court order.

Shahdat was asked to surrender before a lower court after his HC bail expired, the OC said.

Earlier, the Election Commission has scrapped the registration of Jamaat-e-Islami, a component of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, making it clear that the party would not be able to contest the upcoming national election.

Despite this, BNP picked up many Jamaat leaders as its candidates to contest the December 30 national election.

And with the BNP’s electoral symbol “Sheaf of Paddy”, Shahdat Hossain is now contesting the polls against Awami League nominated candidate Ranjit Kumar Roya.


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