MP Nixon Chowdhury gets bail in EC case

A Faridpur court on Tuesday granted bail to lawmaker from Faridpur-4 constituency Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury alias Nixon Chowdhury in a case filed by the election commission (EC) on charges of breaching code of election conduct.

The court of Faridpur district and sessions judge Mohammad Selim Mia passed the order, reports news agency UNB.

A case was filed on 15 October against the lawmaker for violating electoral code of conduct during by-election to the post of chairman of Charbhadrasan upazila parishad.

Senior district EC officer Nawabul Islam filed the case with Charbhadrasan police station, said Saiful Islam, an EC officer.

EC sought legal action against the MP under the Upazila Parishad Electoral Code 2013 and Upazila Parishad Elector Code of Conduct 2016.

MP Nixon allegedly threatened the deputy commissioner and the assistant commissioner (land) of Faridpur over the arrest of his supporters during by-polls.

Earlier, on 20 October, the High Court granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to the lawmaker, who has recently been elected as a presidium member of Jubo League, youth wing of ruling Bangladesh Awami League.