Aided by Jamaat leader’s wife2 sentenced for illegal entry in Mirpur polling centre

A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced two agents of the 'scale symbol' to two years of rigorous imprisonment for illegally entering a polling centre and trying to influence voting in the capital's Mirpur.

The incident took place at Mirpur Shahid Smrity High School polling centre.

The court also fined them Tk5,000 each. In default of payment, they will have to serve 15 more days of rigorous imprisonment.

Officer-in-Charge of Pallabi Police Station Alamgir Hossain said the two agents unlawfully entered the centre and attempted to exert illegal influence with the assistance of polling officer Mosammat Sumona Islam, an assistant teacher and wife of the general secretary of Jamaat-E-Islami’s Ward No. 6 unit.

The two agents were convicted under Article 73(2B) of the Representation of the People Order, 1972.

Police said action has been taken against the polling officer and she has been ordered to be removed from duty.