Gazipur, Bangladesh Global:An executive magistrate in In Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila parishad polls has sentenced a teacher to three days in jail for trying to force voters to cast votes and conducting an open campaign at a polling centre.
The incident took place at Gosinga High School in Gazipur’s Sreepur at 10am. The teacher, Kamrul Hasan Khan, 44, is a resident of the Gosinga village. He is an assistant teacher at Rajendrapur High School.
Mozammel Haque Sheikh, presiding officer of Gosinga High School centre, said the Executive Magistrate and Kaliganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) SM Imam Raji Tulu took the step as the teacher was repeatedly roaming around and violating the code of conduct.
He also said that the total number of voters in this center is 3,365 and there are right booths.
In the second phase of the sixth upazila parishad elections, voters began exercising their franchise at 8am on Tuesday in 156 upazilas across Bangladesh.
Balloting is scheduled to continue until 4pm without any break under tight security. As many as 1,824 candidates, including 603 for chairmen posts, are contesting the elections for 468 posts.
Over 35.2 million people are eligible to vote in this phase, according to the Election Commission.
Briefing the media about preparations for the polls, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir on Monday said the commission was not concerned about voter turnout, after expressing hope on Sunday that the turnout was likely to increase this time around.
In the third phase, 112 upazilas will go to the polls on May 29, while the fourth and last phase of voting will take place in 55 upazilas on June 5.
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