The Election Commission ordered the transfer of Noakhali鈥檚 Subarnachar police station office-in-charge ahead of the upazila parishad polls.
EC鈥檚 deputy secretary Md Mizanur Rahman sent a notice to the inspector general of police on Sunday.
According to the notice, aiming to hold the sixth upazila polls in a free, fair and neutral manner, the EC decided to withdraw Noakhali鈥檚 Subarnachar OC Rafiqual Islam and assistant sub-inspector Nur Nabi and appoint eligible officers in that posts.
The EC requested the authorities concerned to take necessary initiatives, reads the notice. This time EC is going to hold election to 476 upazilas out of 495 in four phases. Election to rest 19 upazilas will be held later as their tenure has not expired yet.
According to EC鈥檚 announced schedule, upazila parishad elections to 150 upazilas will be held on May 8 in the first phase, in the second phase 160 upazila will go to polls on May 21, in the third phase 112 upazilas will go to polls on May 29 and in 4th phase elections will be held in 55 upazilas on June 5.
As per the EC鈥檚 plan, Electronic Voting Machines will be used in 22 upazila parishad polls in first phase, 24 in the second phases, 21 in third phase, and two in the fourth phase.
