Police held an election worker of Jatiya Party candidate in Barisal and recovered one pistol, four rounds of ammunitions and a magazine (ammunition storage attached to a firearm) from his possession yesterday.
The arrestee is Md Mamun Rari, an election worker of JaPa candidate for Barisal-3 constituency Golam Kibria Tipu, a lawmaker of Ershad-led JaPa.
Locals said Mamun was a Jubo League cadre who came from Dhaka yesterday to work for Awami League backed JaPa candidate Golam Kibria Tipu.
Shahiduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Airport police station said detective branch of Barisal Metropolitan Police had arrested Mamun from the police station area under BMP.
He denied providing any further detail.
Sub-Inspector Ahsan Kabir of the detective branch of BMP said they had arrested Mamun during a vehicle-check at Tumchar Bazaar area where an election rally of Golam Kibria Tipu was scheduled to be held.
Shoyeb Ahmed, deputy commissioner (headquarter) of BMP said the arrestee would be sent to police station after interrogation.
Tipu Sultan, a Workers Party nominated candidate and the only rival of Golam Kibia Tipu in the constituency, alleged that the JaPa candidate was using muscle power and money.
He also alleged that since Tipe was still a lawmaker, he was using his influence to manipulate the election procedure.
Golam Kibria Tipu was not reachable over mobile phone.