Ballot paper, counterfoils on Khulna road

Our Correspondent Police on Sunday night recovered 78 counterfoils and one unused ballot paper allegedly used and meant for use respectively in the recent Khulna City Corporation election. The papers were recovered from near the office of BNP leader and mayor candidate Md Moniruzzaman Moni at Haji Mohsin Road in the city. A case has been filed with Khulna Sadar Police Station. The numbers of the ballot paper counterfoils in a cluster were 0013605 to 0013681 and the number of another counterfoil was 0013603. The number of the unused ballot paper was 0013691 and the counterfoils bore fingerprints. The counterfoils in a cluster had the name of assistant presiding officer Ataur Rahman on the back and his signature and were dated Aug 4. Khulna Division deputy election commissioner and returning officer Md Mohsin Ali told... [read full story]