Youth jailed for casting fake vote in Faridpur A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced a youth to six months’ imprisonment and fined him Tk 1,000 on charge of casting fake vote at a polling centre in Faridpur sadar upazila . The convict was Arif Matubbar, 26, son of Dadan Matubbar of Mujircharkandi village under Charnasipur union of the upazila. Faridpur Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Shawon Hossain said the youth was jailed under section 72 of ‘Upazil Parishad Election Rules-2013’ for casting a fake vote at Abdul Hakim Matubbardangi Government Primary School centre.
He said if the convict does not pay the fine Tk 1000, then he will have to suffer two more days’ in jail. Meanwhile, the third phase of Upazila Parishad Election is underway in 87 upazilas Wednesday.
