UNB, Laxmipur:: Police have filed a case against two people including a Jamaat-e-Islami leader after seizing six illegally made ballot seals in Lakshmipur.
The accused are Sourav Hossain Sharif, secretary of Jamaat’s Ward No. 4 unit of Lakshmipur municipality and the son of Mohammad Shajahan of South Banchanagar area and businessman Sohel Rana, son of Khorshed Alam of Tumchar village in Sadar upazila.
Sohel was shown arrested on Wednesday afternoon and sent to court, said Additional Superintendent of Police (Administration and Finance) Hosain Mohammad Raihan Kazemi .
Earlier, on Tuesday night, Sub-Inspector Humayun Kabir of Lakshmipur Sadar Police Station, filed the case naming the two as accused.
Police said Sohel Rana is the owner of Mariam Printers on Old Court Road in the district town.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided his shop on Tuesday afternoon and seized six ballot seals with 16 boxes each along with a computer and a mobile phone.
He was later detained and taken to the police station.
Based on his statements and evidence including WhatsApp conversations and voice messages, Jamaat leader Sourav Hossain Sharif was also named in the case.
Police said the seals were prepared by Sohel on Sharif’s order.
Following the seizure, BNP and Jamaat held separate press conferences on Tuesday night, blaming each other over the incident.
At a press conference, BNP Joint Secretary General and BNP candidate for Lakshmipur-3 (Sadar) constituency Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie claimed Jamaat’s involvement in the seal incident and alleged that the arrested Sohel was a Jamaat activist.
In a counter press conference, Jamaat’s candidate for the same constituency and also secretary of Jamaat’s Dhaka North city unit Rezaul Karim said Sohel was not associated with Jamaat.
Lakshmipur district Jamaat Ameer Ruhul Amin Bhuiyan said Sharif had been expelled from the party immediately after the incident and a press release on the expulsion would be issued.
