7 out of 40 runners face cases

Seven out of 40 runners for nine posts of upazila chairmen in Khulna district are accused in different cases.
Of the 40 runners, five passed LLB examinations, one is an MBBS doctor, eight are Masters Degree holders and 13 are graduates.
They also include six who passed HSC, four who crossed SSC, one who read up to class five and one who can only put his signature, according to their affidavits submitted to the election office.
Twenty-one out of the 40 belong to Awami League, 10 are from BNP, six from Jatiyo Party and one each from Jamaat-e-Islami Workers Party. There is only one independent candidate.
BNP adherents Molla Abul Kashem in Dumuria upazila and Abdus Sattar Akand in Batiaghata read up to class five.
Mostafa Sarwar, editor of Danik Prabartan published from Khulna city, is contesting for the post of Dumuria upazila chairman without any party affiliation.
Those still facing cases are Editor Mostafa Sarwar, BNP adherents Alauddin Sarder Mithu, Abdus Sattar Akand and Parvez Sajjad, AL leaders Md. Keramat Ali, Sheikh Akram Hossain and MM Mujibar Rahman, and JP leader Md. Omar Faruque.