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Khulna

Code of conduct violation

Hasan Jahid Tusher and Qazi AMANULLAH, from Khulna
A few councillor candidates of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) were found violating the electoral code of conduct, even allegedly distributing money among the voters, during yesterday's voting.
Gazi Abul Kalam Biku, candidate of ward-22, was found standing in front of the Abu Hanif Keratul Nurani Madrasa polling centre trying to influence voters by distributing money.
Police arrested five people for violating the electoral code of conduct and three others for distributing money in the early hours yesterday.
Fake votes were also cast at a few polling centres although in a very small number.
Coming to the polling centres, Tanzila Sultana Mitu and Nazma Begum of ward-19 and Mohammad Zainal Abedin of ward-21 found that their votes had already been cast "It was the first vote in my life but I could not cast it," a frustrated Mitu told The Daily Star.
Presiding Officer Kazi Jahangir Hossain blamed the casting of fake votes on polling agents' failure to recognise the voters. Candidates should nominate agents who know everyone, he said.
Many voters could not cast their votes because of mismatching national ID numbers and numbers on the voter lists although vote taking was peaceful, free and fair with satisfactory voter turnout
Amid the state of emergency and huge security measures voters waited in long queues braving torrential rains to cast their votes.
But thousands of them, mainly women, were frustrated after failing to find out their names on the voter lists at several polling centres and returned home without casting their votes.
Except for these cases, most voters expressed satisfaction about the overall arrangement for holding the polls and the law and order situation.
The main KCC mayoral contenders, Moniruzzaman Moni and
Talukder Abdul Khaleque, also expressed satisfaction about the poll and law and order.
Talking to The Dally Star at 5:45pm, they said the election was held in a free, fair and peaceful manner despite a few flaws.
Admitting the flaws, Returning Officer and Khulna Deputy Election Commissioner Mohammad Mohsin Ali gave the same views.
Khulna Metropolitan Police Commissioner Helaluddin Badri told The Daily Star that the overall law and order situation was under their control.
Visiting a number of polling centres, The Daily Star correspondents saw voters expressing resentment for not finding their serial numbers on the voter lists.
Golam Dastagir, Mohammad Daud, Abdul Jabbar and SM Aslam of ward-28, Rubina Khanam of ward-14, Phul Banu of ward-24, Jebunnesa, Nawshad Hossain, Nazma Begum and Shakil Hossain of ward-19 spent three-four hours to find their names on the voter lists at their polling centres but returned home disheartened.
"The candidate who could possibly win might lose because of this," said Jabbar.
Nikhil Chandra Halder, presiding officer of a polling centre in ward-21, told The Daily Star that a number of voters returned after failing to find their names on the voter list.
Ward-27 councillor candidate Mohammad Hasan Mehedi Rizvi alleged that votes were cast at a few centres through forgery at the PrimaryTYaining Institute centre.
Meanwhile, for the first time the vote counting update was being displayed live through a projector in front of the Khulna Election Commission office.