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Counterfoil of ballot papers found on Khulna road

QUAZI AMANULLAH, Khulna
A counterfoil of ballot papers used for Au gust 4 Khulna Qty Corporation (KCC mayoral polls was found lying in front of Udayan Club in Khulna city on Sunday night
The ballot papers with serial numbers 0013603 and 0013605 to 0013681 bear thumb impressions of voters.
Besides, a separate ballot paper with serial number 0013691, which also bears the thumb impression of a voter, was found at the same place at about 11:00pm on Sunday.
It could not be known who left those there.
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All the ballot papers bear signature of Ataur Rahman, assistant presiding officer of polling ccntre-8 of ward-2 under the Khulna City Corporation (KCC). He put his signature on those during the KCC polls on August 4. The polling centre was set up at UCEP MA Majid High School at Mlrerdanga.
Mohammad Abu Zafar, chief election agent of BNP-backed mayoral candidate Moniruzzaman Moni, filed a general diary (no. 594) at 9:00am yesterday with the Khulna Police Station after the counterfoil was found in front of Udayan Club used as the main election campaign centreofMoni.
Earlier, sub-inspector Md Jamaluddin filed a general diary at 11:50pm on Sunday after seizing the counterfoil.
Mostafa Harun, officcr-in-charge (OC) of Khanjahan Ali Police Station, toldThe Daily Star that Sweeper Rizia Begum found the counterfoil lying behind UCEP MA Majid High School at Mirerdanga on Sunday evening and handed it over to locals.
Later, the counterfoil was found lying in front of Udayan Club on Haji Mohsin road. On information, police rushed to the scene and seized the counterfoil.
Khulna Police Station OC Ataur Rahman said they had already launched an investigation into the incident.
Moni, however, refrained from making any comment on the matter saying that it is the duty of law enforcers to find out the truth.
Deputy Election Commissioner Md Mohsin Ali also refused to comment on the issue.
Assistant Presiding Officer Ataur Rahman, a demonstrator at Mirerdanga Islamia Alia Madrasa, said the election commission had already been informed of the matter.
BNP-backed mayoral candidate Moniruzzaman Moni, who bagged 131,976 votes in the August 4 KCC polls, was defeated by AL-backed candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleque, who got 157,812votes.