Jamaat man, another caught for 'buying votes' in Netrokona
Mon, Dec 29th, 2008 12:24 am BdST

Netrokona, Dec 28 (bdnews24.com) – Police arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami leader and the driver of a truck on charges of distributing sarees and other materials among voters at Khotibongua in Netrokona-2 constituency.

Local people caught and handed Rafique Uddin over to police, said Helal Uddin, a ward commissioner of Netrokona municipality, to bdnews24.com.

They also captured Sheikh Osman Gani Dulal, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader while he had been distributing sarees, country-made cigarettes and sweets among the voters. However, he managed to flee, said Helal Uddin.

Dulal was distributing these materials for four-party alliance's BNP candidate Ashraf Uddin Khan. Khan's rival is grand alliance candidate Ashraf Ali Khan from Awami League/led grand alliance, he added.

"The truck, its driver and the seized materials are now under police custody," Netrokona Sadar police sub-inspector Rezaul Karim told bdnews24.com.

The commissioner filed a case named Dulal and a few others as accused.

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