HC orders seizure of election documents in Jamaat leader Taher’s constituency

The High Court’s election tribunal on Monday ordered the Election Commission (EC) to seize the ballot papers and result sheets of two constituencies, including where Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdullah Mohammad Taher has won.

Justice Md Jakir Hossain gave instructions for seizing the documents at Cummila-11, where Taher was declared winner, and Mymensingh-2, after BNP’s defeated candidates challenged the election results.

Cumilla-11’s BNP candidate Kamrul Huda and Mymensingh-2’s BNP candidate Motahar Hossain Talukder filed petitions with the High Court tribunal, demand recount of the votes in the two constituencies.

Since the 12 February general elections, the tribunal has ordered the seizure of ballot papers and result sheets of 18 constituencies in response to petitions filed by BNP’s 10 defeated candidates, Jamaat’s seven defeated candidate and an independent defeated candidate.