A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced a youth to six months imprisonment for casting fake vote at a polling station in Faridpur Sadar Upazila as the third phase of Upazila Parishad Election is underway in 87 upazilas.
The convict is identified as Arif Matubbar, 26, son of Dadan Matubbar of Mujircharkandi village under Charnasipur union of the upazila.
Faridpur Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Shawon Hossain also fined the convict Tk 1000, in default of which he will have to suffer two more days in jail.
Magistrate Shawon said the youth was jailed under section 72 of “Upazila Parishad Election Rules-2013” for casting a fake vote at Abdul Hakim Matubbardangi Government Primary School centre.
