Mirpur: 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 in the evening. The court also fined them Tk 5,000 each. In default of payment, they will have to serve 15 more days of rigorous imprisonment.
According to United News of Bangladesh, Officer-in-Charge of Pallabi Police Station Alamgir Hossain reported that the two agents unlawfully entered the centre and attempted to exert illegal influence with the assistance of polling officer Mosammat Sumona Islam. Sumona Islam is an assistant teacher and the 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 stated that action has been taken against the polling officer, and she has been ordered to be removed from duty.