Five councillor aspirants and a supporter of mayoral candidate Annisul Huq were fined a total of Tk66,000 yesterday for violating electoral code of conduct.
Of them, four are general ward councillor aspirants – Md Hasan Ali (Tk10,000), Nazrul Islam Munmun (Tk10,000), Ibrahim Khan (Tk8,000) and Md Rafiqul Islam (Tk8,000) – and the other, Parvin Hossain Maya (Tk10,000), is a reserved woman ward councillor candidate.
Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam fined them for conducting election campaigns in advance in wards 15 and 16 under Bhashantek area using leaflets and posters.
Besides, Anwar Hossain, a supporter of Annisul Huq, attached posters of the aspirant to walls in Manikdi Bazar that also carried his name. The magistrate fined him Tk20,000.
“Running campaigns before the schedule is a violation of electoral code of conduct, which is why they have faced financial penalty,” said Sarwoer.