BNP alleges wider conspiracy; Jamaat expels him

OUR CORRESPONDENT, Noakhali

A local Jamaat leader and a printing shop owner have been sued over making fake ballot seals in Lakshmipur.

Humayun Kabir, sub-inspector of Sadar Model Police Station, yesterday filed a case against Sohel Rana, 40, the shop owner, and Sourav Hossain Sharif, 35, secretary of Jamaat’s ward-4 unit of Lakshmipur municipality, said police.

Jhalak Mohanta, inspector (investigation) of the station, told The Daily Star yesterday that an investigation found Sohel made the seals and kept them in his shop “under the instructions of Jamaat leader Sharif”.

Sohel also made a confessional statement before a court under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, admitting his role, said Jhalak.

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