AL chairman aspirant’s man held with gun

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a man from a voting centre in Kushtia Sadar with a gun on Saturday morning during the fourth phase of union parishad elections.

He is the supporter of a local chairman aspirant.

The detainee is Abdur Rahman, who introduced himself as the security guard of Md Akhtaruzzaman, ruling Awami League’s Kushtia Sadar unit’s president.

Confirming the matter, RAB-12 Kushtia Commander Mosaddek Ibne Mujib said the firearm was licensed under the name of Akhtaruzzaman.

He was found walking around Noadapara Government Primary School polling centre in Alampur Union, he added.

As per rule, a person with a firearm is not allowed within 400 yards of a polling centre before seven days of election and after seven days of the election, the Rab-12 commander said.