Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq said they have not heard of any agent being barred from polling centres during the Dhaka-17 by-polls.
“In the room where I voted, I saw that out of six or seven candidates, two or three candidates had agents. We have not received any such complaint,” he said after casting a vote at Banani Bidyaniketan School and College centre on Monday.
He added that the polling environment was good overall and the voter turnout was low.
Earlier in the day, Dhaka-17 constituency MP candidate, Ashraful Hossen Alom, popularly known as Hero Alom, alleged that several of his polling agents were harassed at the Banani Model High School polling centre.
He said members of the law enforcement agencies did not let the polling agents stay at the centre as well.
Balloting for the Dhaka-17 by-polls began at 8am on Monday.
The voting will continue till 4pm.
