Manikganj-4 By-polls
BNP candidate's nomination cancelled for loan default
Our Correspondent, Manikganj
The returning officer of Manikganj-4 parliamentary by-election yesterday cancelled the candidature of BNP nominated candidate engineer Mainul Islam Khan Shanto on charge of defaulting loan.A Bangladesh Bank (BB) fax message sent to the Deputy Commissioner's (DC) office said Mainul Islam Khan Shanto is a loan defaulter, the Returning Officer, Manikganj DC SM Shamsher Zakaria said. Another BB fax message said Shanto was a director of Islam Jute Mill that was liquidated in 2001 and Tk 36 crore and 91lakh bank loan of the mill remained default. However, Supreme Court lawyer Ahsanul Karim and his two associates barrister Khairul Alam Chowdhury and Makim Chowdhury said on behalf of the BNP candidate that the allegation of loan default is false and the BB message is invalid as the mill was liquidated in 2001.
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