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AL leader, his aides control polling process at a centre in Uttara

Staff Correspondent
A local Awami League leader yesterday took control of the Scholastica school polling centre in Uttara and supervised the polls activities there with the help of law enforcers.
Shahjahan Mondal, senior vice president of Airport Thana unit of AL, along with his party men entered the polling station around 10:50am and started dictating the polling officials.
During a visit to the polling centre, The Daily Star correspondent found several youths, wearing badges on their chest with the symbol "Table Clock" (polis-symbol for Annisul), gathering inside the polling centre and working under the leadership of Mondal. The identity of Mondal was confirmed by Kamal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Airport Police Station, who was on-duty there. Kamal said Mondal was the sole agent of Annisul Huq.
Asked why police allowed Mondol to oversee the polling, Kamal said, ‘He |Mondal | did not do anything in my presence.'
Kamal was seen having a meeting with Mondal and his men on the lobby of the school. The Daily Star has a video of their meeting.
A member of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP, who was on-duty at the polling centre, admitted that he as well as the OC helped the AL leader inside the polling station.
“The OC helped Mondal a lot, " said Ansar member Kazi Anam, who mistook this correspondent for being a ruling party man.
Later, Mondal was seen briefing Anam on what to do to get more voters and votes.
Sporting a vest of the Ansar-VDP, a youth introducing himself as Sayekul Islam was seen frantically directing and pushing voters into a polling booth.
However, sensing the presence of journalists, the supporters of Mondal tried to chase them away but the reporters left the place.
Meanwhile, talking to The Daily Star, Kazi Md Mizanur Rahman, presiding officer of one of the three centres at Government Titumir College, expressed his frustration over the election, as, he said, it was marked by irregularities and showdown of ruling party activists.
"There was no festive mood since the beginning and the election lost its festivity when other contestants announced boycott of the polls,' he said.
He alleged that a large number of BCL activists entered the polling centre around 10:00pm Monday, but the police did not come forward even though he had called them. He said he also informed the incident to assistant returning officer of Gulshan Zone.