Bangladesh Congress candidate for Bogra-4 constituency Ashraful Alam, better known as “Hero Alom”, on Thursday sought security from police during the campaign for 12th parliamentary election scheduled for January 7.
He made the request to the district's Superintendent of Police Sudip Kumar Chakraborty after visiting his office around 2:30pm.
“I will start the election campaign from Friday. So, I have come to meet SP before the campaign. I have informed him because if any untoward incident occurs during the campaign in Kahalu-Nandigram, I can get police support immediately," he added.
Regarding Hero Alom’s meeting, SP Sudip Kumar Chakraborty said: "Police will provide equal support to 55 candidates in seven constituencies of Bogra. There is no opportunity to see anyone separately."
Hero Alom sought security and we assured him that Kahalu and Nandigram police will cooperate in accordance with the election rules, added the SP.
Hero Alom had participated in elections three times from Dhaka-17 and Bogra-4 constituencies as an independent and had been subjected to attacks by his opponents.
Earlier, he received “coconut” as his electoral symbol from Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Md Saiful Islam.
